Sustainable Agriculture and Food: Four volume set (Earthscan Reference Collections)

Diet and Health: Diseases and Food 277 others’ rising wealth;^18 low income countries are experiencing the effects of the transi ...

278 Diet and Health the relationship between per capita income and what predominantly rural and predominantly urban populations ...

Diet and Health: Diseases and Food 279 still remain differences between urban and rural populations, probably due to their diffe ...

280 Diet and Health nutritional review of this problem concluded that exhorting the Chinese people to consume more soy when they ...

Diet and Health: Diseases and Food 281 on the other hand, a growing army of people exhibit the symptoms of overfeeding and obesi ...

282 Diet and Health One of the particularly tragic consequences of undernourishment is its impact on the worlds children. UNICEF ...

Diet and Health: Diseases and Food 283 development due to poor nutrition. At a conservative estimate, this means there will be 4 ...

284 Diet and Health risk from premature death and disability as a consequence of overweight and obes- ity.^53 Men are at risk wh ...

Diet and Health: Diseases and Food 285 obesity, the frequency of obesity in schoolchildren has increased from 5 per cent to 9 pe ...

286 Diet and Health as far back as 1986, the economic costs of illness associated with overweight in the US were estimated to be ...

Table 13.5 Global increases in the prevalence of childhood obesity a Country Index of measurement Age of children Date of first ...

Table 13.5 (continued) Country Index of measurement Age of children Date of firs study (% obesity) Date of second study (% obesi ...

Diet and Health: Diseases and Food 289 above is surely an answer to this position. The costs of what is presented as an ‘individ ...

290 Diet and Health countries). Other leading causes of death include diarrhoeal disease (almost totally occurring in developing ...

Diet and Health: Diseases and Food 291 in diabetes figures for developing countries and a fall for developed countries, yet it s ...

292 Diet and Health Source: The World Health Report 2002 Figure 13.11 Burden of disease attributable to ten selected leading ris ...

Diet and Health: Diseases and Food 293 Table 13.8 Growth of expediture on health, 1990–2000 Real per capita growth rates, 1990–2 ...

294 Diet and Health looming as a serious concern. The growth of health expenditure is sometimes higher than the growth of gross ...

Diet and Health: Diseases and Food 295 It estimated that costs for the health service will rise alarmingly if targets are not me ...

296 Diet and Health The WHO judges that there is convincing evidence for the increasing risks from: myristic and palmitic acid; ...