Nutritional consequences of the African diaspora

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue , 2001, Pages 47-71

  Luke, A ^a   Cooper, R S ^a   Prewitt, T E ^a   Adeyemo, A A ^a   Forrester, T E ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Black populations; Hypertension; Nutrition transition; Obesity; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OBESITY; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034934779     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.21.1.47     Document Type: Review

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