The epidemiological transition: need to incorporate obesity prevention into nutrition programmes
Open Access
- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Public Health Nutrition
- Vol. 5 (1a), 223-229
- https://doi.org/10.1079/phn2001297
Abstract
Background: Trends in the nutritional status for developing countries that are undergoing rapid economic growth indicate a decrease in protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) with an associated rise in obesity prevalence.Keywords
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