Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005

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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

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
RIS ID:	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/993685
Additional Information:	Copyright Cambridge University Press. Date of acceptance is estimated.
Keywords:	China; nutrition; obesity; inequality; economic development
Schools/Departments:	University of Nottingham Ningbo China > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of International Studies University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Contemporary Chinese Studies
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1017/S030574101400112X
Depositing User:	Liu, Zhenxing
Date Deposited:	22 Jul 2015 09:32
Last Modified:	04 May 2020 20:12
URI:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/29352

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