Why we are still failing to measure the nutrition transition
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Why we are still failing to measure the nutrition transition
Correspondence to Dr Helen L Walls; helen. walls@ lshtm. ac. uk IntroduCtIon Malnutrition in all its forms—both underweight and micronutrient deficiencies, as well as overweight, obesity and associated non-communicable disease—is a global health issue, with the majority of cases arising in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Much of this malnutrition, particularly shifts towards an ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Global Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2059-7908
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000657