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Steering the nutrition transition toward positive health outcomes requires holistic, integrated public health policies that simultaneously address under- and over-nutrition through community involvement and stakeholder engagement.
Public health officials should design integrated programs that improve food security and micronutrient intake while preventing excessive calorie consumption. This involves engaging communities, regulating food marketing, and ensuring healthy options are affordable and available.
ModerateConditionalMEDIUM confidence
It is concluded that it is possible to steer the nutrition transition into a more positive direction, provided that some basic principles in planning public health promotion strategies, policies and interventions are followed.
Why this rating
Based on narrative review of successful interventions (e.g., North Karelia) and theoretical frameworks.
Source
The Nutrition Transition in Africa: Can It Be Steered into a More Positive Direction?
Hester H. Vorster et al. · Nutrients · 2011
DOI 10.3390/nu3040429
narrative_reviewCited 231×
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