Macronutrients and Health—Steps to Ameliorating the Nutrition Transition Trap
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Key words:
- physical activity /
- food production
Abstract: Countries that have made the health transition from acommunicable disease base to a non-communicable disease base find themselves gripped in an epidemic of wealth created diseases mediated by altered macronutrient intakes, energy intakes and reduction in physical activity. Avoiding the negative impact of the nutrition transition while accepting the positive aspects of the wealth transition can best be achieved by focussing on publicising the benefits of a low fat diet in the context of an active lifestyle. How this is achieved should reflect ecologically sound food production appropriate to national needs. Countries that achieve this will be in the best position to capitalize on the reduction in communicable disease rates without causing a rise in non-communicable disease rates.
Citation: | D.C.K.ROBERTS. Macronutrients and Health—Steps to Ameliorating the Nutrition Transition Trap[J]. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 2001, 14(1_2): 124-129. |