Citation
Popkin, Barry M. & Mendez, Michelle A. (2007). The Rapid Shifts in Stages of The Nutrition Transition: The Global Obesity Epidemic. In Kawachi, Ichiro & Wamala, Sarah (Eds.), Globalization and Health (pp. 68-80).Abstract
This chapter examines the types of shifts in food availability, dietary intake patterns, and obesity that have taken place in developing countries during a period of rapid globalization and urbanization. The effects of globalization and urbanization on dietary and activity patterns and nutritional status in developing countries are complex. These forces are associated with potentially beneficial dietary shifts, such as increases in energy sufficiency and reduced micronutrient deficiency, but also appear to promote potentially obesogenic shifts, such as increased intakes of edible oils, animal foods, and caloric sweeteners. While there have been substantial reductions in undernutrition in this period of rapid development and social change, being overweight has become an increasing problem.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195172997.003.0004Reference Type
Book ChapterYear Published
2007Author(s)
Popkin, Barry M.Mendez, Michelle A.