| dc.contributor.author | Mchiza, Zandile June-Rose | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-09T09:30:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-09-09T09:30:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mchiza, Z. J. R. (2022). Diet therapy and public health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14),8312. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148312 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1660-4601 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148312 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/7839 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A major threat to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and Universal
Health Coverage continues to be malnutrition [1,2]. The term “malnutrition” encompasses
both under- and over-nutrition, both of which coexist and interact, especially in low-tomedium-
income countries (LMICs) [3]. As a result, the term DBM has been coined [4] to
describe this phenomenon, and this is further described as a “malnutrition syndemic” [5]
if malnutrition includes micronutrient deficiencies. Research has implicated DBM and
syndemic malnutrition in the development of major metabolic diseases, such as coronary
heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and cancer [6]. According to the WHO [7], at a global
level, 7 of the 10 leading causes of death in 2019 were metabolic diseases. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sustainable Development Goals | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dietary | en_US |
| dc.subject | Malnutrition | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nutrition | en_US |
| dc.title | Diet therapy and public health | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
