Behavioral risk factors for obesity during health transition in Vanuatu, South Pacific

The South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, like many developing countries, is currently experiencing a shift in disease burdens from infectious to chronic diseases with economic development. A rapid increase in obesity prevalence represents one component of this “health transition.”

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Obesity

• Publication date

  2012-10-23

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/oby.20082PMID 23505203PMCID 3605745
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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