Where does the black population of South Africa stand on the nutrition transition?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1 A, 2002, Pages 157-162

  Bourne, Lesley T ^a   Lambert, Estelle V ^b   Steyn, Krisela ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activity; Black South Africans; Diabetes; Diet; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIET; EPIDEMIC; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036463727     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2001288     Document Type: Review

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