02531nam 2200577 450 991045923150332120210108074601.00-85728-986-1(CKB)2670000000044875(EBL)3001973(OCoLC)781613626(SSID)ssj0000662238(PQKBManifestationID)11409559(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000662238(PQKBWorkID)10721119(PQKB)10343405(MiAaPQ)EBC3001973(EXLCZ)99267000000004487520160125d2010|||| uy 0engtxtccrFat China How Expanding Waistlines are Changing a NationLondon :Anthem Press,2010.1 online resource (250 p.) tablesChina in the 21st CenturyDescription based upon print version of record.0-85728-978-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexChina 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?'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.China in the 21st CenturyObesityChinaBody imageChinaDietChinaLifestylesChinaObesityBody imageDietLifestyles616.3/98French Paul1966-860222Crabbe MatthewAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910459231503321Fat China2080406UNINA