This set of papers reports on findings from the most recent undertaking of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). The CHNS is a long-term ongoing longitudinal cohort with in-depth community data and household socio-demographic data and very detailed diet, activity, body composition and cardiometabolic measures representative of large populations in China, the largest and one of the most rapidly changing countries in the world.
The findings paint a picture of changes in consumption patterns towards diets higher in animal product, oils/fat and sugar, rising levels of obesity (in rural as well as in urban populations and particularly among children), declining levels of physical activity and increases in non communicable diseases.
The papers are all freely available to download here.
For an overview of dietary transitions and associated issues in China (using date based on the CHNS) take a look at the FCRN’s report on China entitled Appetite for Change (Chapter 5 focuses on nutrition and health).
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