China in the Period of Transition from Scarcity and Extensive Undernutrition to Emerging Nutrition-Related Non-Communicable Diseases, 1949–1992

Citation

Du, Shufa; Wang, Huijun; Zhang, Bing; Zhai, Fengying; & Popkin, Barry M. (2014). China in the Period of Transition from Scarcity and Extensive Undernutrition to Emerging Nutrition-Related Non-Communicable Diseases, 1949–1992. Obesity Reviews, 15(S1), 8-15. PMCID: PMC3869002

Abstract

This study uses unique official data to document nutritional changes in the 1949–1992 period. In 1949, widespread famine, high mortality and low life expectancy dominated. Economic progress was uneven; however, the longer term food supply changed greatly, and hunger was conquered. Diet composition shifted greatly over this period. Cereal consumption, already high, increased from 541.2 g d

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12122

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2014

Journal Title

Obesity Reviews

Author(s)

Du, Shufa
Wang, Huijun
Zhang, Bing
Zhai, Fengying
Popkin, Barry M.

PMCID

PMC3869002

ORCiD

Popkin - 0000-0001-9495-9324
Du - 0000-0003-1156-0866