Citation
Du, Shufa; Wang, Huijun; Zhang, Bing; Zhai, Fengying; & Popkin, Barry M. (2014). China in the Period of Transition from Scarcity and Extensive Undernutrition to Emerging Nutrition-Related Non-Communicable Diseases, 1949–1992. Obesity Reviews, 15(S1), 8-15. PMCID: PMC3869002Abstract
This study uses unique official data to document nutritional changes in the 1949–1992 period. In 1949, widespread famine, high mortality and low life expectancy dominated. Economic progress was uneven; however, the longer term food supply changed greatly, and hunger was conquered. Diet composition shifted greatly over this period. Cereal consumption, already high, increased from 541.2 g dURL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12122Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2014Journal Title
Obesity ReviewsAuthor(s)
Du, ShufaWang, Huijun
Zhang, Bing
Zhai, Fengying
Popkin, Barry M.
PMCID
PMC3869002ORCiD
Popkin - 0000-0001-9495-9324Du - 0000-0003-1156-0866