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Nutrition transition in South Asia: the emergence of non-communicable chronic diseases

2015-11-24

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Overview: South Asian countries have experienced a remarkable economic growth during last two decades along with subsequent transformation in social, economic and food systems. Rising disposable income levels continue to drive the nutrition transition characterized by a shift from a traditional high-carbohydrate, low-fat diets towards diets with a lower carbohydrate and higher proportion of saturated fat, sugar an...

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Literature Corpus work: 74c1fd54-d6e8-5363-8fea-4be71af3b076
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.5732.2

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