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nutrition transition
Also known as: nutritional transition, nutrition transitions
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Associations between dietary diversity and self-rated health in a ... link.springer.com Feb 28, 2025 16 facts
quoteDe Lima et al. argue that the nutrition transition model should not be assumed as a generalized and homogeneous global process.
claimEstarreja (Portugal) manages food globalization relatively well, though it is not protected from potential negative effects of food globalization on health despite reaching the final pattern of the nutrition transition.
claimDietary patterns in Uganda provide insights into the nutrition transition and environmental sustainability of diets, according to a 2019 study by Auma et al.
referenceA 2022 study identified determinants of the nutrition transition in the French West Indies.
claimIn Portugal, data on diet and health suggest that the nutritional transition has stabilized.
claimChanges in diet are not fully understood due to multiple factors involved in the process of the nutrition transition, including social, cultural, historical, economic, and environmental factors.
referenceDufour and Bender discuss limitations to the nutrition transition model, suggesting that studies must be attentive to the specific features and characteristics of the territories they study.
claimThe shift toward diets high in fats, saturated fats, and sugars aligns with Popkin's fourth pattern of the nutrition transition, which is characterized by degenerative diseases.
claimAreas of the Sahel in Senegal, recovering from the 1970s drought, exhibit characteristics of the 'receding famine' pattern of nutritional transition.
claimThe French overseas territories of Guadeloupe and French Guiana exhibit high prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases like diabetes, overweight, and obesity, which corresponds to the fourth nutritional transition model (degenerative diseases) defined by Popkin.
referenceDufour DL and Bender RL published a chapter in the 2012 book 'Nutritional anthropology: biocultural perspectives on food and nutrition' discussing nutrition transitions.
claimThe nutrition transition is linked to the double-burden of malnutrition worldwide, which has a considerable impact on quality of life.
claimThe Senegalese territory studied presents characteristics of the first stages of the nutrition transition, including low dietary diversity, rare diseases linked to overnutrition, and poor health.
referencePopkin (2001) described the changing global nutrition challenge as a nutrition transition.
claimThe evolution of food systems, characterized by nutrition and dietary transitions, is influenced by agro-industrial foods from a globalized food system.
claimPopkin developed the concept of 'nutrition transition' to describe five broad dietary patterns, though the term is often used more broadly to describe the shift from local traditional foods to industrialized, marketed, and ultra-processed foods.
A Consensus Proposal for Nutritional Indicators to Assess ... - Frontiers frontiersin.org 3 facts
claimThe Mediterranean area is experiencing a 'nutritional transition' where undernutrition coexists with overweight, obesity, and food-related chronic diseases.
referenceA 2014 article in the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society discussed nutrition transition and food sustainability.
claimHigher dietary diversity is associated with household socioeconomic status, food security, and protection against the double burden of malnutrition in countries undergoing nutrition transition.
Food Consumption Changes in The Ruler Tribal Community bioresscientia.com Feb 15, 2025 2 facts
claimThe transition from nutrient-rich traditional foods to energy-dense market foods represents an ongoing nutrition transition observed among indigenous communities in India and globally.
claimThe shift from nutrient-rich traditional foods to energy-dense market foods represents an ongoing nutrition transition observed among indigenous communities in India and globally.
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in the mountainous ... link.springer.com Oct 4, 2024 1 fact
referenceBaker P., Machado P., Santos T., Sievert K., Backholer K., Hadjikakou M., and Lawrence M. published 'Ultra-processed foods and the nutrition transition: global, regional and national trends, food systems transformations and political economy drivers' in Obesity Reviews in 2020, volume 21, issue 12, article e13126.
RIS arts-icrp.unimelb.edu.au 1 fact
claimThe global "nutrition transition" has had an immense impact on Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America.
Global overview of dietary outcomes and dietary intake assessment ... link.springer.com Aug 21, 2021 1 fact
claimGlobal shifts in consumption patterns, known as the 'nutrition transition' (characterized by increased food consumption and a higher tendency to consume fast food), explain the recent research focus on the role of nutrition in non-communicable diseases.
“The Old Foods Are the New Foods!”: Erosion and Revitalization of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimThe global 'nutrition transition' has caused many Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America to shift from a diet of mostly local plant and animal foods—such as salmon, game, diverse plants, seaweed, and marine foods—to a diet consisting primarily of imported, refined, and marketed foods.