Lessons from a small country about the global obesity crisis

Developed countries had high obesity rates before the problem was taken seriously and hence the genesis must be seen in retrospect. Developing countries offer a clear view of causal factors but also opportunities for prevention, which must focus on both food and physical activity environments.

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Autores principales: Brownell, Kelly D, Yach, Derek
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1570453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16968530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-2-11
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spelling pubmed-15704532006-09-21 Lessons from a small country about the global obesity crisis Brownell, Kelly D Yach, Derek Global Health Editorial Developed countries had high obesity rates before the problem was taken seriously and hence the genesis must be seen in retrospect. Developing countries offer a clear view of causal factors but also opportunities for prevention, which must focus on both food and physical activity environments. BioMed Central 2006-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC1570453/ /pubmed/16968530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-2-11 Text en Copyright © 2006 Brownell and Yach; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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