Rapid income growth adversely affects diet quality in China - Particularly for the poor!

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1505-1515

  Du, Shufa ^a,b   Mroz, Tom A ^a   Zhai, Fengying ^b   Popkin, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dietary behavior; Income; Mortality; Obesity; Random effects

Indexed keywords

DIET; INCOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LIPID DIET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 3042713760     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.021     Document Type: Article

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