| Title |
Diet and mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stages in the nutrition transition
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, October 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-11-801 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Zulfa Abrahams, Zandile Mchiza, Nelia P Steyn |
| Abstract |
During the last century we have seen wide-reaching changes in diet, nutritional status and life expectancy. The change in diet and physical activity patterns has become known as the nutrition transition. At any given time, a country or region within a country may be at different stages within this transition. This paper examines a range of nutrition-related indicators for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and attempts to develop a typical model of a country in transition. |
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| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Uganda | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 389 | 97% |
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| Student > Master | 83 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 53 | 13% |
| Researcher | 43 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 40 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 22 | 5% |
| Other | 67 | 17% |
| Unknown | 95 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 90 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 51 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 42 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 41 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 3% |
| Other | 53 | 13% |
| Unknown | 115 | 29% |
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