Fat China: How Expanding Waistlines are Changing a Nation
Awards:   Winner of Award for Best Title for a China Book 2010 (China)
Author:   Paul French ,  Matthew Crabbe
Publisher:   Anthem Press
ISBN:  

9780857289780


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   01 July 2010
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of Award for Best Title for a China Book 2010 (China)

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Author:   Paul French ,  Matthew Crabbe
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780857289780


ISBN 10:   0857289780
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   01 July 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 - China Gets on the Scales; Chapter 2 - China's Fat Class; Chapter 3 - Fat City - Obesity and Urbanisation; Chapter 4 - Mega-Wok - China's Diet From Cabbage to Cuisine; Chapter 5 - Shelves of Fat - Food Retailing in China; Chapter 6 - Fast Fat: The Impact of Fast-Food in China; Chapter 7 - Selling Fat - Promoting Fat in China; Chapter 8 - Little Fat Emperors - Obesity Among China's Children; Chapter 9: The Fat and the Thin - China's Body Image; Chapter 10: China's Fat Clinic - The Impact of Obesity on China's Healthcare System; Conclusion: The Future of Fat China - Victims of Their Own Success?; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index

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<p>'The two authors open our eyes to the global phenomenon of obesity hitting China...the book 'Fat China' brilliantly shows this fast and sudden evolution of China, between the past generation and that of today.' --www.ma-grande-taille.com


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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.

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