A new stage of the nutrition transition in China

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1 A, 2002, Pages 169-174

  Du, Shufa ^a,b   Lu, Bing ^b   Zhai, Fengying ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; China; Diet; Mortality; Nutrition transition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCT; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHINA; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ECONOMICS; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VEGETABLE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NUTRITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ANIMALIA;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIAL CHANGE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0036463750     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2001290     Document Type: Review

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