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Korean elderly: diet, food beliefs, and acculturation
Author(s)	Lois L Lynn, Keum Jee Kang, Elaine Kris Ludman
Journal title	Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, vol 19, no 2, 1999
Pages	pp 11-16
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Diet ; Asian people ; Korea ; United States of America.
Annotation	Dietary intakes and food beliefs of Korean older people living in New York City and Seoul, Republic of Korea were compared to assess cultural adherence using a questionnaire about health, eating out, breakfast foods, traditional and medicine foods, and a 24-hour recall. Korean-American older people were more likely to consume "Western style" breakfast foods, eat out in fast food restaurants, and use multi-vitamins. More subjects in Korea recommended foods such as ginseng for health. All subjects consumed kimchee and rice at least once in the 24-hour recall. Diets in both groups were adequate in protein, vitamin C, thiamin, niacin, and phosphorus, but inadequate in energy, vitamin A, riboflavin, calcium, and iron. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001016247 A
Classmark	CFD: TKK: 7DK: 7T
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