Trends in Diet, Nutritional Status, and Diet-related Noncommunicable Diseases in China and India: The Economic Costs of the Nutrition Transition
- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nutrition Reviews
- Vol. 59 (12), 379-390
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.2001.tb06967.x
Abstract
Undernutrition is being rapidly reduced in India and China. In both countries the diet is shifting toward higher fat and lower carbohydrate content.Keywords
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