Implications of the thrifty phenotype hypothesis for the health of societies undergoing acculturation - Lessons for South African health planning

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 325-328

  Gray, Peter ^a   Crowther, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PHOSPHOLIPID; PROINSULIN;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLYCOLYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOINSULINEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NAURU; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIETY; SOUTH AFRICA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035014168     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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