Obesity in emerging nations: Evolutionary origins and the impact of a rapid nutrition transition

Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series: Pediatric Program

Volumn 63, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-57

  Prentice, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALNUTRITION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; STATISTICS;

CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY;

EID: 66149141486     PISSN: 16616677     EISSN: 16623878     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000209972     Document Type: Article

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