Publications
The following is a list of published articles. Click "view PDF version" and you can get the full-text article. To order a paper that does not have a full-text linkage, please contact Dr. Shufa Du at shufa_du@unc.edu. Only papers co-authored by Drs. Penny Gordon-Larsen and Barry Popkin are available for distribution. We cannot distribute copies of in-press articles.
The International Conference on Nutrition Transition and its Implications for Health in the Developing World was held on August 20-24, 2001, at Ballagio, Italy. All Conference papers are also available. Click here to view the papers and get more information.
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2007
Duffey, Kiyah J Penny Gordon-Larsen, David R. Jacobs, Jr., O. Dale Williams, and Barry M. Popkin (2007) Differential Associations between Fast Food and Restaurant Consumption with Three Year Change in BMI: The CARDIA Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 85: 201-208 view PDF version
Chung, Sukyung Marisa Domino, Barry Popkin, and Sally Stearns (in press) Effect of Retirement on Eating Out and Weight Change: An Analysis of Gender Differences. Obesity
Monda, Keri , Penny Gordon-Larsen, June Stevens, and B.M. Popkin (2007) China's transition: The effect of rapid urbanization on adult occupational physical activity. Social Science and Medicine
Monteiro, Carlos A, W.L. Conde, and B.M. Popkin (in press) The shifting of obesity to the poor over 28 years in Brazil (1975-2003). American Journal of Public Health
Popkin, Barry M (2007) Understanding Global Nutrition Dynamics as a step toward controlling cancer morbidity and mortality. Nature Reviews Cancer 7: 61-67 view PDF version
Stookey, Jodi D., D. Barclay, A. Arieff, and B.M. Popkin (in press) "The altered fluid distribution in obesity may reflect plasma hypertonicity." European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Stookey, Jodi D, Florence Constant, Christopher Gardner, and Barry M. Popkin (in press) Drinking water instead of caloric beverages is associated with lower total energy intake in free-living individuals. Journal of Nutrition
Tudor-Locke, C., Ainsworth, B.E., Adair, L.S., Du, S., Lee, N, & Popkin, B.M. (2007) Comparison of physical activity and inactivity patterns in Chinese and Filipino youth. Child: Health Care and Development 33 (1): 59-66. view PDF version
Tudor-Locke, Catrine, B.E. Ainsworth, and B.M. Popkin (in press) Patterns of physical activity and obesity among 7-13 year old Russian children: a seven-year nationally representative monitoring study. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
2006
Duffey, Kiyah J, Penny Gordon-Larsen, David R. Jacobs, Jr.,O. Dale Williams, and Barry M. Popkin (in press) Differential Associations between Fast Food and Restaurant Consumption with Three Year Change in BMI: The CARDIA Study American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Duffey, Kiyah J. and Barry M. Popkin (2006) Adults with Healthier Dietary Patterns Have Healthier Beverage Patterns Journal of Nutrition 136: 2901-2907. view PDF version
Kim Soowon and B.M. Popkin. (2006) Commentary: Understanding the epidemiology of overweight and obesity: a real global public health concern. International Journal of Epidemiology 35: 60-67.
Liu Ying, F. Zhai, and B.M. Popkin (2006). Trends in eating behaviors among Chinese children (1991–1997). Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 15:72-80 view PDF version
Monteiro, Carlos A, W.L. Conde, and B.M. Popkin (in press) The shifting of obesity to the
poor over 28 years in Brazil (1975-2003). American Journal of Public Health
Nelson, Melissa C., P. Gordon-Larsen, Y. Song, and B.M. Popkin (2006) Patterns in the built and social environment are associated with adolescent overweight and activity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 31:109-117. view PDF version
Popkin, Barry M. (2006) Global nutrition dynamics: the world is shifting rapidly toward a
diet linked with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)" American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
84: 289-98. view PDF version
Popkin, Barry M. (2006) Technology, transport, globalization and the nutrition
transition. Food Policy 31:554-569 view PDF version
Popkin, Barry M., W. Conde, N. Hou, and C. Monteiro (2006) Is there a lag globally in
overweight trends for children as compared to adults? Obesity 14: 1846-1853 view PDF version
Popkin, Barry M., L. Armstrong, G.M. Bray, B. Caballero, B. Frei, and W.C. Willet. (2006) A new proposed guidance system for beverage consumption in the United States. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 83: 529-542. view PDF version
Popkin, Barry M., S. Kim, E.R. Rusev, S. Du, and C. Zizza. (2006) Measuring the full economic costs of diet, physical activity, and obesity-related chronic diseases. Obesity Reviews 7(3): 271-93. view PDF version
Tudor-Locke, Catrine, B.A. Ainsworth, L.S. Adair, and B.M. Popkin. (In press) Comparison of physical activity and inactivity patterns in Chinese and Filipino youth. Child: Health Care & Development. view PDF version
Wang, Hujuin, S. Du, F. Zhai, and B.M. Popkin (2006) “Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index among Chinese Adults, Aged 20-45 Years (1989 to 2000) International Journal of Obesity 38:1-7. view PDF version
2005
Adair, Linda S. and B.M. Popkin (2005). Are child eating patterns being transformed globally? Obesity Research 13: 1281-1299. view PDF version
Beydoun MA, Popkin BM (2005). The impact of socio-economic factors on functional status decline among community-dwelling older adults in China. Social Sciences and Medicine 60(9): 2045-2057. view PDF version
Doak CM, Adair LS, Bentley M, Monteiro C, Popkin BM (2005). The dual burden household and the nutrition transition paradox. International Journal of Obesity 29(1): 129-136. view PDF version
Gordon-Larsen P, Nelson MC, and Popkin BM (in press). Longitudinal Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Trends: Adolescence to Adulthood. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Jahns L, Carriquiry A, Arab L, Popkin BM (2005). The use of external within-person variance estimates to adjust nutrient intake distributions over time and across populations. Public Health Nutrition 8:69-76. view PDF version
Kim S and Popkin BM, (In press). Understanding The Epidemiology Of Overweight And Obesity: A Real Global Public Health Concern. International Journal of Epidemiology.
Mendez MA, Monteiro CA, and Popkin BM (2005).Overweight exceeds underweight among women in most developing countries.
American Journal of Clinic Nutrition 81(3): 714-721.
view PDF versionMendez MA and Popkin BM (2005). Globalization, Urbanization and Nutritional Change in the Developing World.
Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics 1: 220-241. Also published in Globalization of food systems in developing countries: impact on food security and nutrition FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 83 (
Rome: FAOUN, 2004): 55-80.
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Monda, Keri and B.M. Popkin. (2005).
Cluster analysis methods help to clarify the activity-BMI relationship of Chinese youth.
Obesity Research 13:1042-1051.
view paperPopkin BM (2005). Global Dimensions and Dynamics of the Nutrition Transition.
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 18: 162-166.
Popkin BM, Duffey K and Gordon-Larsen P (2005). Environmental influences on food choice, physical activity and energy balance Physiology & Behavior.
Physiology and Behavior 86: 603-613
view paperPopkin Barry M., D. Barclay, and S.J. Nielsen (2005). Water and Food Consumption Patterns of U.S. Adults 1999-2001.
Obesity Research. 13:2146-2152
Popkin, Barry M., S. Kim, E.R. Rusev, S. Du, and C. Zizza (in press). Measuring the full economic costs of diet, physical activity, and obesity-related chronic diseases.
Obesity Reviews.
Stookey JD, Adair LS, Popkin BM (2005). Do protein and energy intakes explain long-term changes in body composition? Journal of Nutrition Health and Aging 9(1): 5-17. view PDF version
2004
Bell CA, Adair LS, and Popkin BM (2004). Understanding the role of mediating risk factors and proxy effects in the association between socio-economic status and untreated hypertension. Social Science and Medicine 59: 275-283. view PDF version
Bray GA, Nielsen SJ, and Popkin BM (2004). Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 79: 537-543. view PDF version
Bray GA, Paeratakul S, and Popkin BM (2004). Dietary fat and obesity: a review of animal, clinical and epidemiological studies. Physiology & Behavior. 83:549-55. view PDF version
Du S, Mroz TA, Zhai F, and Popkin BM (2004). Rapid Income Growth Adversely Affects Diet Quality in China, Particularly for the Poor! Social Science and Medicine 59:1505-1515. view PDF version
Gordon-Larsen P, Adair LS, Nelson MC, and Popkin BM (2004). Five-year obesity incidence in the transition period between adolescence and adulthood: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 80: 569-575. view PDF version
Jahns L, Carriquiry A, Arab L, Mroz T, Popkin BM (2004). Within- and Between-person variability of nutrient intakes of Russian and U.S. children differs by sex and age. The Journal of Nutrition 134:3114-3120. view PDF version
Kim S, Symons M, Popkin BM (2004). Contrasting socioeconomic profiles related to healthier lifestyles in China and the United States. American Journal of Epidemiology 159(2): 184-191. view PDF version Kim S, Popkin BM, Siega-Riz AM, Haines PS, Arab L (2004). A cross-national comparison of lifestyle between China and the United States, using a comprehensive cross-national measurement tool of the healthfulness of lifestyles: the Lifestyle Index. Preventive Medicine 38(2):160-171. view PDF version
Erratum in: Preventive Medicine 38(6): 889.
Monteiro CA, Conde WL, and Popkin BM (2004). The burden of disease due to under- and over-nutrition in countries undergoing rapid nutrition transition: a view from Brazil.
American Journal of Public Health 94:433-44.
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Monteiro CA, Conde WL, Lu B, and Popkin BM (2004). Obesity and Inequities in Health in the Developing World. International Journal of Obesity 28:1181-1186. view PDF version
Monteiro CA, Moura EC, Conde WL, Popkin BM (2004). Socioeconomic status and obesity in adult populations of developing countries: a review. Bulletin of World Health Organization 82(12):940-946. view PDF version
Nielsen SJ and Popkin BM (2004). Changes in Beverage Intake between 1977-2001. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 27: 205-10. view PDF version
Popkin BM (2004). The nutrition transition: an overview of world patterns of change. Nutrition Reviews 62(7 Pt 2): S140-143. view PDF version
Popkin BM, and Gordon-Larsen P (2004). The nutrition transition: worldwide obesity dynamics and their determinants. International Journal of Obesity 28 Suppl 3: S2-9. view PDF version
Siega-Riz, AM, Kranz S, Blanchette D, Haines PS, Guilkey DK, and Popkin BM (2004). The Effect of Participation in the WIC Program on Preschooler’s Diets. Journal of Pediatrics 144: 229-234. view PDF version
Thang NM and Popkin BM (2004). Patterns of Food Consumption in Vietnam: Effects on Socioeconomic Groups during an Era of Economic Growth. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 58:145-153. view PDF version
Zizza C, Herring A, and Popkin BM (2004). Length of Hospital Stays among Obese Individuals.
American Journal of Public Health.
94: 1587-1591.
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2003
Eckhardt CL, Adair LS, Caballero B, Avila J., Kon IY, Wang J, and Popkin BM (2003). Estimating body Fat from Anthropometry and Isotopic Dilution: A Four-Country Comparison Obesity Research 11:1553-1562. view PDF version
Gordon-Larsen P, Adair LS, Popkin BM (2003). The Relationship between Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Factors and Overweight: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Obesity Research 11: 121-9. view PDF version
Gordon-Larsen P, Harris KM, Ward DS, Popkin BM (2003). Acculturation and overweight-related behaviors among Hispanic immigrants to the US: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Social Science & Medicine 57:2023-34.
view PDF versionHaines PS, Hama MY, Guilkey DK, and Popkin BM (2003). Weekend Eating Is Linked with Greater Energy, Fat and Alcohol Intake.
Obesity Research 11:945-949.
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Nielsen SJ and Popkin BM (2003). Patterns and Trends in Portion Sizes, 1977-1998. Journal of the American Medical Association 289(4): 450-453. view PDF version
Popkin BM (2003). The Nutrition Transition in the Developing World.
Development Policy Review, 2003, 21 (5): 581-597. Also published as Popkin, Barry M. (2004). "The Nutrition Transition in the Developing World." In
Food Policy Old and New Edited by Simon Maxwell and Rachel Slater (Blackwell Publishing: Oxford, United Kingdom).
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Popkin BM and Du S (2003). Dynamics of the Nutrition Transition toward the Animal Foods Sector in China and its Implications: A Worried Perspective. Journal of Nutrition 133:3898S-3906S. view PDF version
Popkin BM, and Nielsen SJ (2003). The Sweetening of the World's Diet. Obesity Research 11:1325-1332. view PDF version
Popkin BM, Zizza C, and Siega-Riz AM (2003). Who Is Leading the Change? US Dietary Quality Comparison Between 1965 and 1996. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 25(1):1-8. view PDF version
Tudor-Locke C, Ainsworth BE, Adair LS, and Popkin BM (2003). Physical activity in Filipino youth: The Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey. International Journal of Obesity 27:181-190. view PDF version
Tudor-Locke C, Ainsworth BE, Adair LS, and Popkin BM (2003). Objective physical activity of Filipino youth stratified for commuting mode to school. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 35:465-471. view PDF version
Tudor-Locke C, Ainsworth BE, Adair LS, Du S, and Popkin BM (2003). Physical Activity and Inactivity in Chinese School-aged Youth: the China Health and Nutrition Survey.
International Journal of Obesity 2003 Sep;27(9):1093-9.
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Zizza C, Herring A, Domino M, Stevens J, and Popkin BM (2003). The Effect of Weight Change on Nursing Care Facility Admission in the Nhanes I Epidemiologic Followup Survey. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 56:906-913 view PDF version
2002
Bell AC, Ge K, and Popkin BM (2002). The road to obesity or the path to prevention? Motorized transportation and obesity in China.
Obesity Research 10: 277-283.
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Bell, AC, Adair LS, and Popkin BM (2002). Ethnic Differences in the Association between Body Mass Index and Hypertension American Journal of Epidemiology 155: 346-353. view PDF version
Coitinho D, Monteiro CA, and Popkin BM (2002). What Brazil is doing to promote healthy diets and active life-styles? Public Health Nutrition 5(1A):263-267. view PDF version
Gordon-Larsen P, Adair LS, Popkin BM (2002). Ethnic differences in physical activity and inactivity patterns and overweight status: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Obesity Research 10: 141-9. view PDF version
McTigue KM, Garrett JM, and Popkin BM (2002). The natural history of the development of obesity in a cohort of young US adults between 1981 and 1998. The Annals of Internal Medicine 136: 857-864. view PDF version
Monteiro CA, Conde WL, and Popkin BM (2002). Is obesity replacing or adding to under-nutrition? Evidence from different social classes in Brazil. Public Health Nutrition 5(1A):105-112. view PDF version
Nielsen SJ, Siega-Riz AM and Popkin BM (2002). Trends in energy intake in the US between 1977 and 1996: similar shifts seen across age groups.
Obesity Research 10: 370-378.
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Popkin BM (2002). An overview on the nutrition transition and its health implications: the Bellagio meeting. Public Health Nutrition 5(1A):93-103. view PDF version
Popkin BM (2002). The shift in stages of the nutrition transition in the developing world differs from past experiences! Public Health Nutrition 5(1A):205-214. Also republished by the Malaysian Journal of Nutrition (2002) 8:109-24. view PDF version
Popkin, BM., Lu B, and Zhai F (2002). Understanding the nutrition transition: measuring rapid dietary changes in transitional countries.
Public Health Nutrition 5: 947-53.
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Wang Y, Monteiro C, and Popkin BM (2002). Trends of Overweight and Underweight in Children and Adolescents in the United States, Brazil, China and Russia.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 75: 971-7.
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Tudor-Locke C, Neff LJ, Ainsworth BE, Addy CL, and Popkin BM (2002). Omission of active commuting to school and the prevalence of children's health-related physical activity levels: The Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Study."
Child: Care, Health, and Development 28(6):507-512.
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Zizza C, Herring A, Stevens J, and Popkin BM (2002). Obesity Affects Nursing Care Facility Admission Among Whites but Not Blacks. Obesity Research 10:816-823. view PDF version
2001
Adair LS, and Gordon-Larsen P (2001). Maturational Timing and Overweight Prevalence in US Adolescent Girls.
American Journal of Public Health 91: 642-644.
Adair LS, Kuzawa CW, and Borja J (2001). Maternal Energy Stores and Diet Composition During Pregnancy.
Circulation 104: 1034-1039.
Jahns L, Siega-Riz AM, and Popkin BM (2001). The Increasing Prevalence of Snacking Among U.S. Children and Adolescents from 1977 to 1996. Journal of Pediatrics 138:493-8.
McDade T and Adair LS (2001). Defining the "urban" in urbanization and health: A factor analytic approach. Social Science and Medicine 53: 55-70.
Monteiro CA, Conde WL, and Popkin BM (2001). Independent Effects of Income and Education on the Risk of Obesity in the Brazilian Adult Population. Journal of Nutrition 131: 881S-886S. view PDF version
Popkin BM, Horton S, Kim S, Mahal A, and Jin S (2001). Trends in diet, nutritional status and diet-related noncommunicable diseases in China and India: The economic costs of the nutrition transition. Nutrition Reviews 59: 379-90. view PDF version
Tudor-Locke C, Ainsworth BE, and Popkin BM (2001). Active commuting to school: An overlooked source of children's physical activity?
Sports Medicine, 31:309-313.
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2000
Cavadini C, Siega-Riz AM, and Popkin BM (2000). US Adolescent's Food Intake Trends From 1965-1996.
Archives of Disease in Childhood 83:18-24. (Reprinted in the
Western Journal of Medicine, August 2000)
Doak C, Adair LS, Monteiro C, and Popkin BM (2000). Overweight and underweight co-exists in Brazil, China, and Russia.
Journal of Nutrition 130: 2965-2980.
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Gordon-Larsen, P, McMurray RG, and Popkin BM (2000). Determinants of adolescent physical activity and inactivity patterns. Pediatrics 105(e83): 1-8.
Haines PS, Siega-Riz AM, and Popkin BM (2000). The Diet Quality Index-Revised: A Measurement Instrument for Populations. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 99:697-704.
Monteiro CA, Benicio MHD'A, Conde WL, and Popkin BM (2000). Shifting Obesity Trends in Brazil. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 54: 342-346.
Monteiro CA, Benicio MHD'A , and Popkin BM (2000). Economic and cultural-educational predictors of overweight in urban and rural Brazilian women. Review Brasilian Nutrition Clínical 15(1): 253-60.
Siega-Riz AM, Popkin BM, and Carson T (2000). Differences in Food Patterns at Breakfast by Socio-demographic Characteristics Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults in the US. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 30: 415-424.
Wang Y, Ge K, and Popkin BM (2000). Tracking of Body Composition from Childhood to Adolescence: A Six-Year Follow-up Study in China. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 72:1018-1024. view PDF version
1999
Gordon-Larsen P, McMurray RG, and Popkin BM (1999). Adolescent Physical Activity and Inactivity Vary by Ethnicity: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.
Journal of Pediatrics 135:301-306.
Haines PS, Siega-Riz AM, and Popkin BM (1999). The Diet Quality Index-Revised: A measurement instrument for populations.
The Journal of the American Dietetic Association 99:697-704.
Popkin BM, Haines PS, and Siega-Riz AM (1999). Dietary Patterns and Trends in the United States: The UNC-CH Approach.
Appetite 32:8-14.
Popkin BM (1999). Urbanization, Lifestyle Changes and the Nutrition Transition.
World Development 27:1905-16.
1998
Bray GA and Popkin BM (1998). Dietary Fat Intake Does Affect Obesity! American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 68(6):1157-1173. view PDF version
Siega-Riz AM, Popkin BM, and Carson T (1998). Trends in breakfast consumption for children in the U.S. from 1965-1991.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 67(suppl): 748S-56S.
Popkin BM (1998). The Nutrition Transition and its Health Implications in Lower Income Countries. Public Health Nutrition 1:5-21. view PDF version
Popkin BM and Doak C (1998). The Obesity Epidemic Is a Worldwide Phenomenon. Nutrition Reviews 56:106-114. view PDF version
Popkin BM and Udry JR (1998). Adolescent Obesity Increases Significantly in Second and Third Generation U.S. Immigrants: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Journal of Nutrition 128:701-706. Also published in Biomedicina:the Journal of the HispanoAmerican Biomedical Association (2000) 3:87-90. view PDF version
1997
Siega-Riz AM, Popkin BM, and Carson T (1997). Three squares or mostly snacks--What do teens really eat? A sociodemographic study of meal patterns.
The Journal of Adolescent Health 22: 29-36.
1996 and Previous
Ge, Keyou, R. Weisell, X. Guo, L. Cheng, H. Ma, F. Zhai, and B.M. Popkin. (1994) Body mass index of Chinese adults in 1980s. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 48(3):S148-154.
Popkin, Barry M. (1994) The nutrition transition in low income countries: an emerging crises. Nutrition Reviews 52(9):285-98.
Popkin, Barry M. (1993) Nutritional patterns and transitions. Population and Development
Review 19(1):138-157. view PDF version
Popkin, Barry M., G. Keyou, F. Zhai, X. Guo, and N. Zohoori. (1993) The nutrition transition in China: a cross-sectional analysis. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 47:333-46.
Popkin, Barry M., S. Paeratakul, F. Zhai, and K. Ge. (1995) Body weight distribution pattern in China: the results from 1989 and 1991 China Health and Nutrition Survey. American Journal of Public Health 85:690-94.
Popkin, Barry M., S. Paeratakul, and K. Ge. (1995) A review of dietary and environmental correlates of obesity with emphasis on developing countries. Obesity Research 3(suppl):145s-153s.
Popkin, Barry M., S. Paeratakul, F. Zhai, and K. Ge. (1995) Dietary and environmental correlates of obesity in a population study in China. Obesity Research 3(suppl):135s-143s.
Popkin BM, Richards MK, and Monteiro C (1996). Stunting Is Associated with Overweight in Children of Four Nations that are Undergoing the Nutrition Transition. Journal of Nutrition 126:3009-16.
Popkin BM, Siega-Riz AM, and Haines PS (1996). A comparison of dietary trends among racial and socioeconomic groups in the United States.
New England Journal of Medicine 335:716-20.
Popkin BM, Siega-Riz AM, and Haines PS (1996). The nutritional impact of fortification in the United States during the 1970's. Family Economics and Nutrition Review 9: 20-30.
Patterson, Ruth E., P.S. Haines, and B.M. Popkin. (1994) Health lifestyles patterns of US adults. Preventive Medicine 23:1-8.
Monteiro CA, Mondini L, Ana Lucia Medeiros de Souza and Popkin BM (1995). The Nutrition Transition in Brazil. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 49:105-113.