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Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador: a window on the world

BACKGROUND: In order to understand why rates of overweight and obesity are so high in the Ecuadorian province of Galapagos, this study analyzes changes in household food expenditures and perceptions and practices related to food consumption patterns. Galapagos is understood as an unusual but not uni...

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Autores principales: Freire, Wilma B., Waters, William F., Román, Diana, Jiménez, Elisa, Burgos, Estefania, Belmont, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6134580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30208909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0409-y