Households with undernourished children and overweight mothers: Is this a concern for Haiti?

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-165

  Raphaël, Darline ^a   Delisle, Hélène ^a   Vilgrain, Colette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Fondation Haïtienne du Diabète et des Maladies Cardio Vasculaires FHADIMAC   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Double nutritional burden; Haiti; Malnutrition; Nutrition transition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HAITI; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 18844411679     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240590923550     Document Type: Article

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