This paper discusses the concept of the nutrition transition in detail. It commences with an overview of societies which are recognised as being in transition. The economic foundations of the transition from traditional to modern (and post-modern societies) will be emphasised. This will be followed by an examination of the nutrition problems and food habits associated with transitional societie...

... in terms of prevention preparedness and recovery or rehabilitation from natural disasters in the Pacific Islands that local traditional agricultural diversity and traditional knowledge have considerable value in helping island societies solve the problems presented by natural disasters. At present, however, there is an increasing reliancy by individual island societies (eg. Villages, outer ...

This article summarises the objectives, methodology and initial conclusions of the project "Commitment to Quality of the Spanish Scientific Societies", coordinated by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine and the Aragon Institute of Health Sciences, in which 48 scientific societies participate. This project's objectives are to decrease th...

Some people might consider that to call for physicians to have skills in dealing with the linking of scientific evidence to medical practice in developing countries would be an excessive demand. However, those who are practicing evidence-based medicine nowadays are not ahead of their time but simply up to date. The developed countries are ahead. In these countries, medical societies are requiri...