Health and dietary traits of organic food consumers: Results from the NutriNet-Santé study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2064-2073

  Baudry, Julia ^a   Méjean, Caroline ^a   Péneau, Sandrine ^a   Galan, Pilar ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a,b   Lairon, Denis ^c   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a Université Paris 13 ^*  (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Dietary characteristics; Health events; Nutritional knowledge; Organic consumption

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MEDICAL HISTORY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POULTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEA FOOD; SELF REPORT; VEGETARIAN DIET; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DIET; HEALTH STATUS; ORGANIC FOOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD, ORGANIC; FRANCE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84949317581     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515003761     Document Type: Article

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