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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Nutrition Transition"”.
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Dietary composition in the context of development: a re-examination of the nutrition transition
… yet holistic has been sought by those within the nutrition research community for many years. The emergence of the Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) and its subsequent association with some of the greatest contributors to both morbidity and mortality globally has renewed interest in gathering …
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Bone health in Gambian women: impact and implications of rural-to-urban migration and the nutrition transition
Urbanisation and the associated nutrition transition have been linked with the recent rise in osteoporotic fragility fracture incidence in many countries. Predictions indicate that hip fracture incidence will increase 6-fold in Africa and Asia by 2050, partially attributed to demographic transition …
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Dietary intake in an urban African population in South Africa, with special reference to the nutrition transition
An assessment of the nutritional status of a representative sample of an urban African population has not previously been conducted, nor the extent to which the traditional diet has been abandoned for a western diet. To meet this end, a cross-sectional analytic study was carried out on a …
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Towards an understanding of a changing food system in Mauritius: A case study of rural and urban Mauritius
Nutrition transition is a phenomenon occurring throughout most of the developing world whereby traditional diets are increasingly being replaced by Western diets. In the literature, globalization is described as the main factor promoting such a transition. In adopting Western lifestyles, people …
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Changes in dietary intakes and cardiovascular disease risk factors in black South Africans from 2005 to 2015 : the PURE-SA-NW study
… South Africans have been undergoing a rapid nutrition transition, changing from prudent traditional diets that have been typically low in fat and energy, to Westernised diets containing foods high in fat and energy. This shift in dietary patterns and nutrient intakes is referred to as the …
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CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVING THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF FOODS AVAILABLE IN SCHOOLS: THE CASE OF SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
… Further, it will examine how the global nutrition transition is affecting school meal programs and what challenges schools have met in their attempts to improve the nutritional components in meals served in schools. This thesis uses the case of San Francisco Unified School District …
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Characterization of nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and practices amongst agricultural extension agents and their beneficiaries in the dry corridor of Honduras
… live in poverty and 14% suffer from undernutrition. This disproportionately affects rural inhabitants, such as those living in the Dry Corridor of Honduras. Agricultural extension agents are lifelines for rural farming communities, offering knowledge and resources to support agricultural …
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Factors influencing childhood overweight and obesity in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review
… experiencing a dual burden of under- and over-nutrition which has a widespread impact on global health. In addition, globalization and changes in food production in LMICs have been associated with the growing prevalence rates of childhood obesity. Although obesity trends have been well …
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Dietary amino acids and their contribution to de novo lipogenesis
… of the metabolic syndrome is the result of the nutrition transition featuring dietary patterns high in sugars, particularly liquid carbohydrates in the form of sugary beverages, fat, and protein from red meat. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the effect of changing the solid/liquid …
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Anna He Purnabramha: Deorukhe Women’s Agency in the Making of Bodies, Cuisines, and Culture in Maharashtra, India
… free market economy, others are critical of the nutrition transition in developing countries and what this means for the health of the people undergoing this transition. The site of this study is the region of Konkan in Maharashtra, India. India is undergoing fast paced culture change since …
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An anthropological exploration of the effects of family cash transfers on the diets of mothers and children in the Brazilian Amazon
… of the BFP concerning its impact on child nutrition, which have yielded inconsistent results. Evaluations have raised questions about the use of funds for competing households needs and the BFP’s role in contributing to a “nutrition transition” trend (Popkin 1994), with direct impacts on …
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Food system governance for urban sustainability in the global South
… food security responses disregard the current transitions evident within society. This thesis identifies a number of global transitions. Within the context of wider global change processes, focus is given to four inter-connected transitions. These transitions include the second urban …
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Development and Evaluation of Let's Eat Smart: a Pilot School-Based Nutrition Intervention for Elementry School Children in Kuwait
Due to nutrition transition, the prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing significantly worldwide especially in affluent developing countries such as Kuwait. Obesity is associated with adverse chronic health conditions and financial burdens which provides an incentive for prevention. The …
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The impact of food and nutrient intake on bone from childhood to early adulthood
… intake of adolescents as a major component of nutrition transition has aroused health concerns such as obesity, tooth decay, and inadequate bone accrual. Beverage consumption and its relationship with calcium intake of grade 9 students from 1991 to 2004 was evaluated. Percent contribution of …
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Foodscapes, Foodways, and Nutrition Transitions in Urban Mexico
… are migrating from undernutriton not to good nutrition but rather to equally debilitating conditions of obesity and diet-related diseases.</p> <p>Using a social-ecological approach, I argue that there are a number of broad, global forces driving rising rates of obesity worldwide. However, …
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Social Marketing and Food Policy in Greece: Findings from Research with Undergraduate Students and Key Stakeholders
… diet, it has actually undergone a modem nutrition transition, and now has high rates of overweight and obesity and increased incidence of non-communicable nutrition-related diseases. This study begins with that reality and the current failure of food policy and nutrition-related …
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Socioeconomic status (SES), food insecurity and the double burden of malnutrition within South African households
The co-existence of under- and over-nutrition, termed the double burden of malnutrition (DBM), is associated with a high prevalence of both communicable and non-communicable diseases and is becoming a large public health concern. In general, DBM development is associated with populations undergoing …
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Nutrition labelling of food to promote consumer health in transitional Thailand
Over the last century, population transitions linked to development have affected disease and longevity, especially in middle-income countries. In Southeast Asia, the food supply is changing and processed food diets are increasing intakes of energy, fat, sugar, and sodium. This has resulted in …
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Nutrition labelling of food to promote consumer health in transitional Thailand
Over the last century, population transitions linked to development have affected disease and longevity, especially in middle-income countries. In Southeast Asia, the food supply is changing and processed food diets are increasing intakes of energy, fat, sugar, and sodium. This has resulted in …
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Dietary intake of the African-PREDICT study population
… (SA) is currently in the middle of a health transition characterised by a quadruple burden of NCDs, communicable diseases, and perinatal- maternal- and injury-related disorders, as well as experiencing a nutrition transition (NT). The NT causes individuals to shift to a westernised diet …
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