The nutrition transition and the human right to adequate food for adolescents in the Cape Town metropolitan area: Implications for nutrition policy

Food Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Stupar, Dijana ^a   Eide, Wenche Barth ^a   Bourne, Lesley ^b   Hendricks, Michael ^c   Iversen, Per Ole ^a,d   Wandel, Margareta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body perceptions; Food intake perceptions; Human rights; Nutrition transition; South africa

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SELECTION; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMAN RIGHTS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERCEPTION; YOUNG POPULATION;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84857986622     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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