Part I. What has happened in terms of some of the unique elements of shift in diet, activity, obesity, and other measures of morbidity and mortality within different regions of the world? Is obesity replacing or adding to undernutrition? Evidence from different social classes in Brazil

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1 A, 2002, Pages 105-112

  Monteiro, Carlos A ^a   Conde, Wolney L ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Nutrition transition; Obesity; Social classes; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036464012     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2001281     Document Type: Review

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