Fat China: How Expanding Waistlines are Changing a Nation (China in the 21st Century) - Hardcover

French, Paul; Crabbe, Matthew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857289780 ISBN 13: 9780857289780

Publisher: Anthem Press, 2010

Synopsis

'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.

About this title

Book Description:

An analysis of the growing problem of obesity in China and its relationship to the nation's changing diet, lifestyle trends and healthcare system.

About the Author:

Paul French is a founder and the Chief China Representative of Access Asia based in Shanghai. Access Asia specializes in providing information on China's economy and consumer/retail markets. He is the author of a number of books on China's history, development and current society.

As co-founder of Access Asia, Matthew Crabbe has been analysing the consumer economy of China for almost two decades. He has specialist knowledge about the development of China's consumer lifestyles, and the repercussions that such fast change has for Chinese people and society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0857289780
• ISBN 13: 9780857289780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250