Browsing by Subject "Nutrition transition"
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Accelerated nutrition transition in the North West Province of South Africa: results from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE-NWP-SA) cohort study, 2005 to 2010
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)Objective: South Africa (SA) is in the midst of a health transition characterized by a quadruple burden of diseases and a nutrition transition. The existing nutrition transition in SA, accompanied by the coexistence of ... -
Changes in dietary intakes and cardiovascular disease risk factors in black South Africans from 2005 to 2015 : the PURE-SA-NW study
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Background: The diets of populations are constantly changing, and the South African population is no exception. Over the last couple of decades, the diets of rural and urban South Africans have been undergoing a rapid ... -
Changes in food intake from 2005 to 2010 by a cohort of black rural and urban African men and women in the North West Province of South Africa: the PURE-NWP-SA study
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)Objective We have shown that nutrient intakes of rural and urban black Africans in the North West Province (NWP) of South Africa (SA) followed the typical nutrition transition pattern upon urbanization and modernization. ... -
Dietary fat intake and blood lipid profiles of South African communities in transition in the North–West Province : the PURE study
(North-West University, 2010)Aim and objectives: This study set out to investigate the diet and blood lipid profiles of subjects in transition in the North West Province in South Africa. It looked specifically at how the diet differed between rural ... -
Relationships of alcohol intake with biological health outcomes in an African population in transition: the transition and health during urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study
(Medpharm, 2010)Objective: Because present recommendations on alcohol intake are based mainly on evidence of beneficial effects in populations of developed countries, this study examines biological effects of alcohol consumption in an ... -
The social drift phenomenon : associations between the socio–economic status and cardiovascular disease risk in an African population undergoing a health transition
(North-West University, 2011)Background: The global burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is escalating as part of the rapid health transition that developing countries are experiencing. This increase is associated with shifts in demographics and ...
