The nutrition transition in low-income countries: an emerging crisis.

By Barry M. Popkin. Nutrition reviews, 2009

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Subfields: Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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The nutrition transition and obesity in the developing world. (2001, background): “In country after country we and others have documented a marked shift in the structure of the diet (Kim et al. 2000, Monteiro et al. 1995, Popkin 1994, 1998, World Cancer Research Fund 1997).”
A life course approach to diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases (2004, background): “While this is generally true, 190 the rate of shift to less well-off sections of all societies is now increasingly rapid—far swifter than the rate that occurred in the industrialized countries 8 .”
NOW AND THEN: The Global Nutrition Transition: The Pandemic of Obesity in Developing Countries (2012, neutral): “strong evidence to support a role for early life exposures in the development of later disease risk, (2) there is potential for intergenerational amplification of risk, and (3) prevention efforts can capitalize on the same developmental plasticity that alters susceptibility to disease to intervene e”
The dual burden household and the nutrition transition paradox (2005, background): “Received 13 February 2004; revised 30 August 2004; accepted 1 September 2004; published online 26 October 2004 *Correspondence: Professor BM Popkin, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, University Square, CB# 8120, 123 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA.”
Income elasticities for food, calories and nutrients across Africa : A meta-analysis (2018, background): “…expensive, but not necessarily more nutritional food items as incomes increase (Behrman and Deolalikar, 1987), and also growing urbanisation will contribute to changes in the nutritional composition of diets with not only undernutrition, but also overnutrition becoming a concern (Popkin, 1994).”
Body Norms and Fat Stigma in Global Perspective (2011, background): “…especially current given that overweight and obesity rates are rising quickly among adults in all regions except sub-Saharan Africa; many developing countries now identify obesity as a major public health issue and express concerned about both health and economic implications (Popkin 1994, 2004).”
International Trends in Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rates (2009, background): “Established and suspected modifiable risk factors for colorectal cancer, including obesity, physical inactivity, smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, a diet high in red or processed meats, and inadequate consumption of fruits and vegetables (12, 15, 16), are also factors associated with economic deve”