Relationship between shifts in food system dynamics and acceleration of the global nutrition transition

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 73-82

  Popkin, Barry M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Convenience; Food processing; Food regulation; Food system; Nutrition transition; Processed food; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; NUTRITION; WELLBEING;

EID: 85020954561     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuw064     Document Type: Article

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