Nutritional disorders in Africa: The triple burden

Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-3

  Labadarios, D ^a   Steyn, N P ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICA; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 12344291270     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.09.002     Document Type: Editorial

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