date:Feb 13, 2014
o 10.8%. These studies could thus impact health outcomes and aid policy-makers in the challenges they face in reversing obesity and other metabolic diseases. The cumulative cost of all non-infectious diseases, for which obesity is a leading risk factor, was estimated to be about US$1.4 trillion in 2010. It is important to reduce economic costs through promoting a change in eating habits, hence enhancing nutrition in food systems.
Research on the nutritional needs and preferences of Asians is cu