The nutrition transition and its health implications in lower-income countries
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Summary
The rapid changes in diet, activity and obesity that are facing billions of residents of lower- and middle-income countries are cause for great concern and linked with these changes will be a rapid increase in chronic diseases.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 1998-03-01
- Cited by
- 786
- References
- 65
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W1964386751
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Keywords
Nutrition transition, Obesity, Urbanization, Latin Americans, China
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