Breaking the poverty/malnutrition cycle in Africa and the Middle East

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Atinmo, Tola ^a   Mirmiran, Parvin ^b   Oyewole, Oyediran E ^a   Belahsen, Rekia ^c   Serra Majem, Lluís ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^d Barcelona   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Hunger; Middle East; Nutrition transition; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUNGER; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; OBESITY; POVERTY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SUB SAHARA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; CATERING SERVICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OBESITY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68849093437     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00158.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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