Research Article

Measuring micronutrient intakes at different levels of sugar consumption in a population in transition: the Transition and Health during Urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 25 , issue 3 , 2012 , pages: 122–130

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2012.11734416

Author(s): Ue MacIntyre Department of Human Nutrition, , Cs Venter North-West University, , A. Kruger North-West University, , M. Serfontein North-West University,

Keywords: cross-sectional , micronutrient dilution , added sugar , Africans , nutrition transition

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Abstract

Objective: The objective was to investigate the absolute micronutrient intake and the possibility of micronutrient dilution of added sugar in the diets of an African population in nutritional transition.

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