The double burden of malnutrition: aetiological pathways and consequences for health

The Lancet

Volumn 395, Issue 10217, 2020, Pages 75-88

  Wells, Jonathan C ^a   Sawaya, Ana Lydia ^b   Wibaek, Rasmus ^c,d   Mwangome, Martha ^e   Poullas, Marios S ^a   Yajnik, Chittaranjan S ^f   Demaio, Alessandro ^c,g,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^g EAT Foundation   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ Victoria Clinic Prahran   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNICITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; INDONESIA; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE OF ONSET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 85077166280     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32472-9     Document Type: Review

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