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The Influence Of Time On Food Intake Patterns: Age, Period, Cohort Differences, Karina L. Christopher
The Influence Of Time On Food Intake Patterns: Age, Period, Cohort Differences, Karina L. Christopher
Theses and Dissertations--Gerontology
The impact of diet and exercise on overall health and chronic disease risk has been well examined. Multiple studies show that Americans eat more now than they did fifty years ago. What isn’t known is how much of an impact time has on food intake patterns of individuals in terms of different age groups, historic periods of structural influences, and birth cohorts.
In order to identify the impact of time on food intake this study examined time from multiple perspectives. The first aim of this study was to determine food intake patterns among age groups across five time periods using …