Dietary intake and rural-urban migration in India: a cross-sectional study.

Migration from rural areas of India contributes to urbanisation and lifestyle change, and dietary changes may increase the risk of obesity and chronic diseases. We tested the hypothesis that rural-to-urban migrants have different macronutrient and food group intake to rural non-migrants, and that mi...

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Main Authors: Liza Bowen, Shah Ebrahim, Bianca De Stavola, Andy Ness, Sanjay Kinra, A V Bharathi, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, K Srinath Reddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3120774?pdf=render