A Tanzanian perspective on the nutrition transition and its implications for health

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1 A, 2002, Pages 163-168

  Maletnlema, T N ^a  

^a Child Growth Promotion Union   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Malnutrition; Nutrition transition; Obesity; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; UNDERWEIGHT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SOCIAL CHANGE; TANZANIA;

EID: 0036463728     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2001289     Document Type: Article

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