Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005
Economic growth over the past three decades has greatly improved the nutrition and living standards of people in China. However, increasingly, the Chinese are becoming heavier. As many as a quarter of Chinese school-age urban boys are overweight or obese, yet a third of Chinese children remain under...
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| description | Economic growth over the past three decades has greatly improved the nutrition and living standards of people in China. However, increasingly, the Chinese are becoming heavier. As many as a quarter of Chinese school-age urban boys are overweight or obese, yet a third of Chinese children remain underweight. Drawing on six national surveys of children's health conducted since 1979, the article reports on trends in nutritional status and regional disparities. It shows that the drivers behind the increase in mean body mass and in nutritional inequality are associated with rising household incomes and associated inequalities between provinces. |
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| spelling | nottingham-293522020-05-04T20:12:37Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29352/ Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005 Morgan, Stephen L. Economic growth over the past three decades has greatly improved the nutrition and living standards of people in China. However, increasingly, the Chinese are becoming heavier. As many as a quarter of Chinese school-age urban boys are overweight or obese, yet a third of Chinese children remain underweight. Drawing on six national surveys of children's health conducted since 1979, the article reports on trends in nutritional status and regional disparities. It shows that the drivers behind the increase in mean body mass and in nutritional inequality are associated with rising household incomes and associated inequalities between provinces. Cambridge University Press 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed Morgan, Stephen L. (2014) Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005. China Quarterly, 220 . pp. 1033-1068. ISSN 0305-7410 China; nutrition; obesity; inequality; economic development http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9481060&fileId=S030574101400112X doi:10.1017/S030574101400112X doi:10.1017/S030574101400112X |
| spellingShingle | China; nutrition; obesity; inequality; economic development Morgan, Stephen L. Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005 |
| title | Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005 |
| title_full | Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005 |
| title_fullStr | Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005 |
| title_short | Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005 |
| title_sort | growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among china's children, 1979–2005 |
| topic | China; nutrition; obesity; inequality; economic development |
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