Nutrition transition in India: Secular trends in dietary intake and their relationship to diet-related non-communicable diseases

Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-292

  Misra, Anoop ^a,b,c   Singhal, Neha ^d   Sivakumar, Bhattiprolu ^e   Bhagat, Namita ^f   Jaiswal, Abhishek ^g   Khurana, Lokesh ^b  

^a Fortis C DOC Centre of Excellence for Diabetes Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology   (India)

^b National Diabetes Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation   (India)

^c Diabetes Foundation (India)   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^f FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^g LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Diabetes; Indian diet; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENERGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDLINE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URBANIZATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY FATS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PUBMED; VEGETABLES;

EID: 80052988506     PISSN: 17530393     EISSN: 17530407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-0407.2011.00139.x     Document Type: Review

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