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  Emerging obesity threats among women in India: Findings from a population based survey

  2012

  The study aims to find out the prevalence of overweight and obesity among married women in India. As expected the prevalence of obesity among women is much higher in urban India than in rural India. The range of Mean BMI is also significantly wider which indicates a differential in the nutritional status of women across the states.
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  Dietary Salt Reduction and Cardiovascular Disease Rates in India: A Mathematical Model

  PLoS ONE, 2012

  Reducing salt intake has been proposed to prevent cardiovascular disease in India. This study sought to determine whether salt reductions would be beneficial or feasible, given the worry that unrealistically large reductions would be required, worsening iodine deficiency and benefiting only urban subpopulations.
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  Biofortification: an agricultural investment for nutrition

  Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, 2015

  This policy brief lays out the technical evidence and arguments for supporting biofortification as one element of a nutrient-sensitive national agricultural research and investment strategy.
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  Association of breakfast intake with obesity, dietary and physical activity behavior among urban school-aged adolescents in Delhi, India: results of a cross-sectional study

  BMC Public Health, 2012

  This cross-sectional study aims to describe the frequency of breakfast consumption among school-going adolescents in Delhi and evaluate its association with overweight and obesity as well as other dietary, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors. Eight schools (Private and Government) were studied in Delhi with a total of 1814 students.
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  Prevalence of household-level food insecurity and its determinants in an urban resettlement colony in North India

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2014

  An adequate food intake, in terms of quantity and quality, is a key to healthy life. Malnutrition is the most serious consequence of food insecurity and has a multitude of health and economic implications. India has the world’s largest population living in slums, and these have largely been underserved areas.
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  Prevalence of overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity among urban Saudi adolescents: gender and regional variations

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2014

  The nutrition transition with associated lifestyle-related non-communicable diseases has rapidly reached many developing countries, including Saudi Arabia. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity among Saudi adolescents.
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  Vitamin B12 levels of subjects aged 0-24 year(s) in Konya, Turkey

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2014

  Research reports indicate that vitamin B12 levels show racial differences, which suggests that using the reference ranges of varied populations may lead to inaccurate results. This study aims to determine normal serum levels of vitamin B12 among children and young people in the Konya region of Turkey.
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  Dietary intake and rural-urban migration in India: a cross-sectional study

  PLoS ONE, 2011

  Migration from rural areas of India contributes to urbanisation and lifestyle change, and dietary changes may increase the risk of obesity and chronic diseases. The study tested the hypothesis that rural-to-urban migrants have different macronutrient and food group intake to rural non-migrants, and that migrants have a diet more similar to urban non- migrants.
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  A proposed approach to monitor private-sector policies and practices related to food environments, obesity and non-communicable disease prevention

  Obesity Reviews, 2013

  Private-sector organizations play a critical role in shaping the food envi- ronments of individuals and populations. However, there is currently very limited independent monitoring of private-sector actions related to food environments. This paper reviews previous efforts to monitor the private sector in this area, and outlines a proposed approach to monitor
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  Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments: a proposed Government Healthy Food Environment Policy Index

  Obesity Reviews, 2013

  Government action is essential to increase the healthiness of food envi- ronments and reduce obesity, diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and their related inequalities.

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