Curbing the obesity epidemic in China

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 470-471

  Lu, Jieli ^a   Bi, Yufang ^a   Ning, Guang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NEOPLASM; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; URBAN AREA; EPIDEMIC;

CHINA; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 84967188723     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: 22138595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30007-9     Document Type: Note

References (12)

1. Ng M, Fleming T, Robinson M, et al. Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet 2014, 384:766-781.
2. Xu Y, Wang L, He J, et al. Prevalence and control of diabetes in Chinese adults. JAMA 2013, 310:948-959. for the 2010 China Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance Group.
3. Ning G, Bloomgarden Z Diabetes and cancer: findings from the REACTION study. J Diabetes 2015, 7:143-144.
4. Chen Z The management of chronic non-communicable diseases is an uneasy long haul. Chin J Endocrinol Metab 2015, 31:837-838. (in Chinese).
5. Tian Y, Jiang C, Wang M, et al. BMI, leisure-time physical activity, and physical fitness in adults in China: results from a series of national surveys, 2000-14. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2016, published online April 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(16)00081-4.
6. Statistical communiqué of the People's Republic of China on the 2014 national economic and social development National Bureau of Statistics of China, (accessed Sept 1, 2015). http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/201502/t20150228_687439.html.
7. Bi Y, Jiang Y, He J, et al. Status of cardiovascular health in Chinese adults. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015, 65:1013-1025. for the 2010 China Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance Group.
8. Chen CM Overview of obesity in mainland China. Obes Rev 2008, 9(suppl 1):14-21.
9. Wildman RP, Gu D, Reynolds K, et al. Appropriate body mass index and waist circumference cutoffs for categorization of overweight and central adiposity among Chinese adults. Am J Clin Nutr 2004, 80:1129-1136.
10. Zhou B-F Predictive values of body mass index and waist circumference for risk factors of certain related diseases in Chinese adults-study on optimal cut-off points of body mass index and waist circumference in Chinese adults. Biomed Environ Sci 2002, 15:83-95.
11. Wang XQ, Pi YL, Chen PJ, et al. Traditional Chinese exercise for cardiovascular diseases: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Am Heart Assoc 2016, 5:e002562.
12. Guiding principles for health system reform. Policy document number 6, 2009 (in Chinese) Chinese Communist Party Committee and State Council, (accessed Feb 15, 2015). http://www.nhfpc.gov.cn/tigs/s7846/200904/902e526039424a2ca87e8d78f307e9f5.shtml.