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The Nutrition Transition: Evidence from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Chile

BY LISA R. PAWLOSKI, JEAN B. MOORE, NIGEL WATERS AND XINIA FERNANDEZ ROJAS INTRODUCTION Obesity is increasingly becoming an epidemic in industrialized nations, particularly in the U.S., where one out of every three adults is obese. However, the U.S. is not alone with this emerging public health crisis.  In Europe, rates of obesity among adults [...]

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