Patterns of Food Consumption are Associated with Obesity, Self-Reported Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Five American Indian Communities

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 437-454

  Trude, Angela C B ^a,b   Kharmats, Anna ^a   Jock, Brittany ^a   Liu, Debra ^a   Lee, Katherine ^a   Martins, Paula Andrea ^b   Pardilla, Marla ^a   Swartz, Jaqueline ^a   Gittelsohn, Joel ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American Indians; cardiovascular disease; diabetes; diet

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; OBESITY;

UNITED STATES;

FAT INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FAST FOOD; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SNACKS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937637841     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2014.922070     Document Type: Article

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