Human Malnutrition: Twin Burdens of Undernutrition and Overnutrition
( Nutrition and Diet Research Progress )
Publication series ：Nutrition and Diet Research Progress
Author： Kaushik Bose (Department of Anthropology Vidyasagar University West Bengal India)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781624170508
Subject： R151.1 nutrition physiology
Keyword： Nutrition
Language： ENG
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Description
Human malnutrition is a serious health problem worldwide. Traditionally, malnutrition is referred to as under-nutrition. However, during the last three decades, the problems of overweight and obesity have reached alarming proportions necessitating the coinage of the term globesity – which refers to global obesity. Thus, malnutrition manifests itself as a dual burden: under-nutrition and over-nutrition. Both these burdens have serious implications regarding morbidity and mortality. In this book, there are 15 chapters which discuss these dual burdens. These chapters address diverse aspects of human nutrition including birth weight, under-nutrition, overweight and obesity, nutrition interventions, micronutrients and other co-variates of malnutrition. Confounding factors of malnutrition are also highlighted.