Mapping the global evidence on nutrition transition: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nutrition transition has emerged as an important concept in health research used to describe shifts in dietary consumption and energy expenditure that coincide with economic, demographic and epidemiological changes at a population level. Better understanding of the shifts in dietary patterns across populations and their drivers could possibly hold the key to prevention of diet-related disease risk. An increasing number of studies have reported on nutrition transition in populations around the world, however, global evidence has not been summarised.

Objective

This scoping review is aimed to identify, explore and map the literature on nutrition transition with a specific focus on dietary changes in populations across the world. The review would allow better clarif

SUBMITTER: Singh JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7282322 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature