Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: INTRODUCTIONIn recent decades, the increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide has made this risk factor a major public health problem for mankind (1).In recent decades, there has been a nutritional transition in Brazil.More traditional dietary patterns, such as diets based on cereals, roots and tubers, have been gradually replaced by a more Western diet, that is, consumption of foods rich in fats and sugars.This Western diet, combined with a decrease in physical activity, has lead to an increase in the number of cases of overweight and obesity (2-4).
Source: Revista chilena de nutrición
Institution: Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Language: English
Topic: Nutritional Studies and Diet
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1969331926