Obesity has become a major public health issue in China. Overweight and obesity have
increased rapidly in the past four decades, and the latest national prevalence estimates for …

Summary The Nutrition Transition model is presented with the nature and pace of change in
key stages varying by location and subpopulations. At present, all high‐income and many …

Summary Background In China, mean body-mass index (BMI) and obesity in adults have
increased steadily since the early 1980s. However, to our knowledge, there has been no …

Decades ago, discussion of an impending global pandemic of obesity was thought of as
heresy. But in the 1970s, diets began to shift towards increased reliance upon processed …

Studies on fat intake and obesity have been inconclusive. This study examined the
associations between dietary fat intake and body weight and the risk of overweight and …

Levels of overweight and obesity across low‐and middle‐income countries (LMIC) have
approached levels found in higher‐income countries. This is particularly true in the M iddle E …

The objective of this study is to examine the trends in body mass index (BMI), waist
circumference (WC) and prevalence of overweight (BMI 25–27.49 kg m− 2), general obesity …

China faces a major increase in cardiovascular disease, yet there is limited population‐
based data on risk factors, particularly in children. Fasting blood samples, anthropometry …

The China H ealth and N utrition S urvey (CHNS) is important for its insights into current and
future diet, physical activity, and obesity‐related changes in C hina and for understanding …

C hina has experienced a transition from a history of undernutrition to a rapid increase in
obesity. The C hina H ealth and N utrition S urvey, an ongoing longitudinal, household …