Rethinking the "diseases of affluence" paradigm: Global patterns of nutritional risks in relation to economic development

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 0404-0412

  Ezzati, Majid ^a   Vander Hoorn, Stephen ^b   Lawes, Carlene M M ^b   Leach, Rachel ^c   James, W Philip T ^c   Lopez, Alan D ^d   Rodgers, Anthony ^b   Murray, Christopher J L ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c International Obesity TaskForce   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 22144438350     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020133     Document Type: Article

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