Dietary changes and the health transition in South Africa: implications for health policy

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Index

Executive summary

1. Introduction
   1.1. Brief historical background
   1.2. Demographic and socio-economic indicators
   1.2.1. Selected demographic indicators
   1.2.2. Selected socio-economic indicators
   1.3. Burden of disease
2. Dietary trends and associated risk factors
   2.1. Changes in total dietary energy, carbohydrate, protein, and fat intake
   2.2. Differences in nutrient intake between ethnic groups and urban and rural areas
   2.3. Changes in intake of different types of food and food groups over time
   2.4. Current diet
   2.5. Changes in alcohol intake
3. Trends in nutritional status
   3.1. Trends in the prevalence of undernutrition and protein- energy malnutrition (PEM)
   3.2. Trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity
   3.3. Trends in micronutrient status
4. Other chronic diseases and associated lifestyle risk factors
   4.1. Physical inactivity
   4.2. Tobacco consumption
   4.3. Hypercholesterolaemia
   4.4. Hypertension
   4.5. Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes
   4.6. Cancers
5. Communicable disease burden
   5.1. Human immunodefi ciency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
   5.2. Tuberculosis
   5.3. Malaria
   5.4. Diarrhoeal disease
6. Summary
   6.1. Current burden of disease
   6.2. Current nutritional status of the population
   6.3. Current dietary intake patterns of the population
7. Policies and strategies for addressing the burden of chronic diseases
   7.1. Programmes in place to improve PEM and under nutrition
   7.2. Programmes in place to improve micronutrient status
   7. 3. Programmes in place to prevent and manage nutrition-related chronic diseases
   7.4. The nutrition transition and future strategies required
8. Conclusions
9. References

Addendum A

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