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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459231503321

Autore

French Paul <1966->

Titolo

Fat China : How Expanding Waistlines are Changing a Nation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-85728-986-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.) : tables

Collana

China in the 21st Century

Disciplina

616.3/98

Soggetti

Obesity - China

Body image - China

Diet - China

Lifestyles - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

China gets on the scales -- China's fat class -- Fat city-obesity and urbanisation -- Mega -- wok -- China's diet from cabbage to cuisine -- Shelves of fat -- food retailing -- Fast fat -- the impact of fast -- food in china -- Selling fat -- promoting fat in china -- Little fat emperors -- obesity among china's children -- The fat and the thin -- china's body image -- China's fat clinic -- the impact of obesity on china's healthcare system -- The future of fat china -- victims of their own success?

Sommario/riassunto

'Fat China' provides an in-depth analysis of the growing problem of obesity and body image in China as urban lifestyles change and a sizeable middle class emerges. Rising obesity rates are examined in relationship to changing diets, modern lifestyles, investment from foreign fast food and supermarket retailers and urban planning. Crucial to this analysis is the likely effects on China's future development and already overburdened healthcare system.