Comparing dietary macronutrient composition and food sources between native and diasporic Ghanaian adults

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gibson, Rachel ^a   Knight, Annemarie ^a   Asante, Matilda ^b   Thomas, Jane ^a   Goff, Louise M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Diet; Ethnicity; Nutrition; West african

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAD; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CEREAL; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GHANAIAN; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MEAT; MIGRATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84958231423     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v59.27790     Document Type: Article

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