Genotype, obesity and cardiovascular disease–has technical and social advancement outstripped evolution?

P Zimmet, CR Thomas�- Journal of internal medicine, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Zimmet P, Thomas CR (International Diabetes Institute, Caulfield, Australia; and BioScience
Communications, London). Genotype, obesity and cardiovascular disease–has technical�…

Infant-feeding practices and beliefs about complementary feeding among low-income Brazilian mothers: a qualitative study

AC Lindsay, MT Machado, KM Sussner…�- Food and nutrition�…, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Breastfeeding and weaning practices are important determinants of growth and
development not only in infancy but also later in life. Objective To describe infant-feeding�…

[PDF][PDF] Primary prevention: why focus on children & young adolescents

MS Selvan, AV Kurpad�- Indian J Med Res, 2004 - researchgate.net
The importance of focusing on children and young adolescents in primary prevention and
intervention trials has been suggested in different studies3-5. The Nurses Health Study3�…

The association between diet quality indices and obesity: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

G Asghari, P Mirmiran, B Rashidkhani, JM ASGHARI… - 2012 - sid.ir
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of DIET QUALITY indices
in predicting OBESITY and OBESITY/fa? page= 1&sort= 1&ftyp= all&fgrp= all&fyrs= all"�…

Prevalence and causes of chronic energy deficiency and obesity in Indian women

S Bharati, M Pal, BN Bhattacharya, P Bharati�- Human Biology, 2007 - BioOne
We investigate the nutritional status of women in India and its relation to the prevalence of
chronic energy deficiency (CED) and obesity. To do this, we have used the data from the�…

[HTML][HTML] Excess vitamin intake: An unrecognized risk factor for obesity

SS Zhou, Y Zhou�- World journal of diabetes, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over the past few decades, food fortification and infant formula supplementation with high
levels of vitamins have led to a sharp increase in vitamin intake among infants, children and�…

Levels and determinants of malnutrition among India's urban poor women: An analysis of Demographic Health Surveys 2006 and 2016

V Sethi, A de Wagt, A Bhanot, KD Singh…�- Maternal & Child�…, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A quarter of 400 million urban Indian residents are poor. Urban poor women are as
undernourished as or worse than rural women but urban averages mask this disparity. We�…

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient patterns and their association with socio-demographic, lifestyle factors and obesity risk in rural South African adolescents

PT Pisa, TM Pedro, K Kahn, SM Tollman, JM Pettifor…�- Nutrients, 2015 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to identify and describe the diversity of nutrient patterns and how
they associate with socio-demographic and lifestyle factors including body mass index in�…

Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and the future of ocular toxoplasmosis

A Kijlstra, E Petersen�- Ocular immunology and inflammation, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Despite large advances in the field of ocular toxoplasmosis, large gaps still exist in our
knowledge concerning the epidemiology and pathophysiology of this potentially blinding�…

Effect of obesity on asthma among adult Indian women

V Mishra�- International journal of obesity, 2004 - nature.com
OBJECTIVE: Both obesity and asthma are on the rise worldwide. This study examined the
association between obesity and asthma prevalence in adult women in India. METHODS�…