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  • Title: Food habits and nutrient intakes of Filipino women in Los Angeles.
    Author: Lewis JS, Glaspy MF.
    Journal: J Am Diet Assoc; 1975 Aug; 67(2):122-5. PubMed ID: 1141617.
    Abstract:
    Food habits, dietary changes, and nutrient intakes of forty-seven college-educated, empolyed Filpino women who have moveed from the Philippines to Los Angeles were studied. One-third started drinking mikk in the United STAtes. They said that they were eating more meat, vegetables, frit and less starchy food since they left the Philippines. Eighy per cent continued to eat ricedaily, and seafood was eaten frequently. Daily intakes of protein, niacin, and thiaminment 100 per cent of the 1974 u.s. Recommended Dietary Allowances for almost all subjects, but intakes of calcium and vitamin A were less than two-thrids of the allowances fo 61 and 22 per cent, respectively. The daily caloric intake was higher, with twice as amny calories coming from protein and three times as many from fat as was reported for diets in Philippines.
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