Older Australians can adhere to a traditional Mediterranean style diet over two weeks: A pilot dietary intervention study

BMC Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Davis, Courtney Rose ^a   Bryan, Janet ^a   Hodgson, Jonathan Marcus ^b   Wilson, Carlene ^c   Murphy, Karen Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Elderly Australians; Feasibility survey; Mediterranean diet; Semi quantitative checklist

Indexed keywords

EID: 85088976874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40795-015-0021-y     Document Type: Article

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