Summary The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region faces a major diet‐related
health problem accompanied by enormous economic and social costs. The shifts in diet are …

Out-of-home foods (takeaway, take-out and fast foods) have become increasingly popular in
recent decades and are thought to be a key driver in increasing levels of overweight and …

The world's almost 400 million Indigenous people have low standards of health. This poor
health is associated with poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding, poor hygiene, environmental …

The gut microbiota is currently recognized as an important factor regulating the homeostasis
of the gastrointestinal tract and influencing the energetic metabolism of the host as well as its …

Introduction This supplement is based on papers presented at the Bellagio Conference on
the Nutrition Transition. The meeting was organised to allow us to assess current low and …

Sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption is associated with adverse health
outcomes. Improved understanding of the determinants will inform effective interventions to …

Abstract Mexico and other Latin American countries are currently undergoing important
demographic, epidemiologic and nutrition transitions. Noncom-municable chronic diseases …

Chronic diseases are increasing in global prevalence and seriously threaten developing
nations' ability to improve the health of their populations. Although often associated with …

The obesity epidemic has grown rapidly into a major public health challenge, in the United
States and worldwide. The scope and scale of the obesity epidemic motivate an urgent need …

Significantly revised and updated, this second edition of the bestselling Handbook of
Nutrition and Food welcomes contributions from several new authors, including Elaine B …