Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , January 2010

Food security measurement in cultural pluralism: Missing the point or conceptual misunderstanding?

  • Andre M.N. Renzaho, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention and Related Research and Training, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
    • School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61-3-9251-7772; fax: +61-3-9244-6624.
    • ,
  • David Mellor, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia

Received 30 November 2008 ,Accepted 4 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.05.001

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