Dietary habits, health beliefs, and food practices of elderly Chinese women
Journal of the American Dietetic AssociationPublished 1 April 1990
Pauline Chau, Hen-shin Lee, Rose Y. Tseng, Norma Jean Downes
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This study investigated the dietary habits, health beliefs, and food practices of 45 elderly Chinese women living in the San Francisco Bay area and found no significant differences between the subjects' demographic characteristics and food habits.
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In this study, we investigated the dietary habits, health beliefs, and food practices of 45 elderly Chinese women living in the San Francisco Bay area. Interrelationships among the subjects' demographic characteristics, dietary habits, health beliefs, and food practices were examined
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