Food and Nutrition

Helen Nabwera; Modou Jobe; Andrew M. Prentice

doi:10.1017/9781009052733.003

Food and Nutrition

Helen Nabwera
, Modou Jobe
, Andrew M. Prentice

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Abstract

Nutrition is amongst the most powerful of the environmental factors influencing health and disease. As Africa passes through the demographic transitions of increasing wealth and urbanisation, the patterns of diet-related diseases are changing. Stunting and underweight among children remain unacceptably widespread, but in adults non-communicable diseases associated with excess weight are becoming common and are overtaking infectious diseases as the leading causes of death. The need for physicians to focus on their patients’ nutrition is therefore crucial.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Principles of Medicine in Africa
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	19-43
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9781316511435
ISBN (Print)	9781009052733
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009052733.003
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2025
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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