Nutrition transition in India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1 A, 2002, Pages 175-182

  Shetty, Prakash S ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Dietary intakes; Fat intakes; Nutrition transition; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EPIDEMIC; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0036463848     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2001291     Document Type: Review

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