Strong nutrition governance is a key to addressing nutrition transition in low and middle-income countries: review of countries’ nutrition policies
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Strong nutrition governance is a key to addressing nutrition transition in low and middle-income countries: review of countries’ nutrition policies
UNLABELLED Nutrition transition necessitates low and middle-income countries (LAMICs) to scale up their efforts in addressing the burdens of undernutrition and overweight/obesity. Magnitudes of undernutrition and overweight are high in LAMICs, but no study has reviewed the existence of nutrition policies to address it. No evidence is also available on the effect of nutrition policies and govern...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1475-2891
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-65