Increasing prosperity linked to unhealthy eating patterns in Kenyan youth (AUDIO)
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Lead author Noora Kanerva, PhD, discusses an in-depth study that revealed how improvements in Kenya’s economic status are linked to increasingly unhealthy dietary patterns in Kenyan youth, particularly preadolescents in Nairobi City. Dietary habits are changing from traditional staple foods toward refined grains, especially in urban environments.
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Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
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