As a biological species, humans continue to adapt genetically to various environments through natural selection. However, cultural and lifestyle changes often occur much more rapidly than those biological changes, leading in some cases to a mismatch between our biology as a spec…
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Economic growth has spurred rapid urbanization in Malaysia and triggered changes in diet, lifestyle, and disease trends. National studies show that a third of Malaysia's population is overweight/obese while household expenditures on dining out grow. In metropolitan Kuala Lumpur …
In Cape Town, South Africa, in a community experiencing rapid changes in diet and physical activity, high prevalences of overweight were found among women despite an equally high prevalence of stunting among children (Bourne et al., 1994; Steyn et al., 1998a). Furthermore, in ma…