What is China doing in policy-making to push back the negative aspects of the nutrition transition?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1 A, 2002, Pages 269-273

  Zhai, Fengying ^a   Fu, Dawei ^a   Du, Shufa ^a,b   Ge, Keyou ^a   Chen, Chunming ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^b  

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

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary guidelines; Non communicable diseases; Nutrition policy; Nutrition transition; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERNUTRITION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY;

EID: 0036464013     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2001303     Document Type: Review

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