Understanding the impact of maternal body composition on child nutritional status within a household sociobehavioral context in a peri-urban ni-Vanuatu community

• Main Author: Olszowy, Kathryn M
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Physical anthropology

Prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing in developing nations as part of the health transition, a model which describes the increase in rates of non-communicable chronic diseases in developing countries, while prevalence of undernutrition and infectious disease do not necessarily decline. The gl...