Traditional Knowledge and Nutritive Value of Indigenous Foods in the Oraon Tribal Community of Jharkhand: An Exploratory Cross-sectional Study

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 493-519

  Ghosh Jerath, Suparna ^a   Singh, Archna ^b   Kamboj, Preeti ^a   Goldberg, Gail ^c   Magsumbol, Melina S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

India; indigenous foods; medicinal plants; nutrient composition; nutrition security; Oraon

Indexed keywords

FOOD; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

INDIA; JHARKHAND;

RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84937630793     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2015.1017758     Document Type: Article

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