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The Nutrition Transition in China: A New Stage of the Chinese Diet
Du, Shufa; Lu, Bing; Zhai, Feng-ying; & Popkin, Barry M. (2002). The Nutrition Transition in China: A New Stage of the Chinese Diet. In Caballero, B. & Popkin, Barry M. (Eds.), The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in the Developing World (pp. 205-22). London: Academic Press.
Du, Shufa; Lu, Bing; Zhai, Feng-ying; & Popkin, Barry M. (2002). The Nutrition Transition in China: A New Stage of the Chinese Diet. In Caballero, B. & Popkin, Barry M. (Eds.), The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in the Developing World (pp. 205-22). London: Academic Press.
The long term transitions in diet and nutrition in China are analysed. Food consumption patterns for cereals, fruits, vegetables and meat are presented and discussed. Energy composition, physical activity, body composition, morbidity and mortality are evaluated. Studies show that China is transforming very rapidly from the pattern of the present receding famine stage to that of diet-related degenerative diseases.