The food retail revolution in China and its association with diet and health

Food Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-100

  Zhou, Yijing ^a   Du, Shufa ^b   Su, Chang ^c   Zhang, Bing ^c   Wang, Huijun ^c   Popkin, Barry M ^b  

^a JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

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

Author keywords

China; Diet; Food retail; Overweight and obesity; Processed food; Urbanicity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; OBESITY; RETAILING; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 84938573788     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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