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The Double Burden of Obesity and Malnutrition in a Protracted Emergency Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study of Western Sahara Refugees

BACKGROUND: Households from vulnerable groups experiencing epidemiological transitions are known to be affected concomitantly by under-nutrition and obesity. Yet, it is unknown to what extent this double burden affects refugee populations dependent on food assistance. We assessed the double burden o...

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Autores principales: Grijalva-Eternod, Carlos S., Wells, Jonathan C. K., Cortina-Borja, Mario, Salse-Ubach, Nuria, Tondeur, Mélody C., Dolan, Carmen, Meziani, Chafik, Wilkinson, Caroline, Spiegel, Paul, Seal, Andrew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3462761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23055833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001320