Relationship between diet and obesity in Chinese groups

Lukman, Hilmia; Dye, Louise; Blundell, John

doi:10.1108/00070709810202167

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“…A decline in daily physical activities has also been reported (Monda et al, 2007, 2008), and the Westernisation of diets in China is rapidly becoming an issue with the advent of more animal and partially hydrogenated fats and less fibre (Popkin & Du, 2003; Guo, Mroz, Popkin, & Zhai, 2000; Drewnowski, 2000; Du, Lu, Zhai, & Popkin, 2002, 2004). These dietary changes, especially in terms of the rise in fat intake in urban areas, have been documented (Chen, 1994; Lukman, Dye, & Blundell, 1998; Tian et al, 1995). In addition, economic growth has changed the transportation system in the country, and a growing number of people have become reliant on automobiles, thus contributing to a marked drop in regular exercise (Bell, Ge, & Popkin, 2002).…”

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Urban developments and health: Evidence from the distributional analysis of biomarkers in China

Aizawa

2019

SSM - Population Health

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This study explores the association between urban developments and health in China, a country that has experienced unprecedented economic growth and consequential rapid urbanisation over the last few decades. Exploiting the Chinese Health and Nutrition Survey, this study analyses the effect of these urban developments on the entire distribution of 11 objectively measured health outcomes related to non-communicable diseases. Quantification of the effects on health distribution is achieved by estimating health distribution in a counter-factual situation in which every individual is exposed to the minimum level of urban development. In decomposing the estimated effect into the part attributable to the observed path through which urban developments change observed health-related behaviours (behavioural effect), and the remaining part which cannot be attributable to this observed path (non-behavioural effect), this study sheds light on the mechanisms underlying how urban developments are associated with health outcomes. The results indicate that urban developments are negatively associated in this regard, especially with health outcomes related to body lipids such as triglycerides and cholesterols, blood pressure and kidney-related biomarkers. Furthermore, the results provide strong evidence of heterogeneity in the degrees of association across the distribution.

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Urban developments and health: Evidence from the distributional analysis of biomarkers in China

Aizawa

2019

SSM - Population Health

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“…, 2020b). Overweight individuals can experience psychological problems, since they are often stigmatized by others who characterize them as lazy and who discriminate against them (Lukman et al. , 1998; Blodorn et al.…”

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“…Children who are obese can experience social marginalization, leading to DE (Babooram et al, 2011;Bimbo et al, 2015;Puhl and Latner, 2007;Orazi and Newton, 2018;Dhir et al, 2018;Chatterjee et al, 2020b). Overweight individuals can experience psychological problems, since they are often stigmatized by others who characterize them as lazy and who discriminate against them (Lukman et al, 1998;Blodorn et al, 2016;Kim, 2016;Delistavrou et al, 2019;Tandon et al, 2020;Rafat et al, 2021;Arenas-Gait an et al, 2022). Thus, obesity is found to be influenced by physical and mental issues, and these are influenced by consumers' FH, activity levels, ST, DE and AX levels and even by social factors (Chatterjee et al, 2020b;Belyaeva et al, 2020;Makrides et al, 2021).…”

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Antecedents of obesity among Indian youth: from consumer psychological and lifestyle perspective

Chaudhuri

Chatterjee

Thrassou

et al. 2022

BFJ

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to determine the antecedents of obesity among the younger generation of Indians (Generation Y) from a psychological and lifestyle consumer perspective. The study also investigates the moderating role of demography on the body mass index (BMI) of Indian youths.Design/methodology/approachThe study initially develops a conceptual model, stemming from an extensive theoretical research, and subsequently validates this using structural equation modeling (SEM) technique with a sample size of 1,242 Indian youths.FindingsThe study concludes that consumers' food habits (FH) and physical activity (PA) positively impact consumers' physical health (PH), which influences their BMI levels (BLs). Anxiety (AX), depression (DE), stress (ST), peer pressure (PP) and work pressure (WP) impact individuals' mental health (MH), which also influences their BLs. Finally, there is a significant moderating impact of demographic factors, such as age (AG), gender (GE) and income levels (ILs) on the relationship between individuals' physical and MH and individuals' BLs.Research limitations/implicationsThis study proposes a new model which highlights the issue of youth consumer obesity from the psychological and lifestyle perspectives. The model is effective as it has a high explanative power of 73%. The study investigates consumer obesity from emerging market like India perspective, but the study does not examine consumer food consumption behavior and obesity from developed market perspective.Practical implicationsYouth obesity could be considered a global pandemic, and obesity rates among the Indian youth are also increasing. This study provides valuable inputs and understanding of consumer markets to policy makers, consumer protection institutions, organizations related to the food and beverage industry, healthcare workers and consumers themselves regarding the antecedents of youth obesity (BL) in developing and emerging markets.Originality/valueThe study adds value to the body of literature related to consumer obesity, FH, consumer psychology and lifestyle through findings that are new in terms of findings' specificity, contextual focus and explication. Moreover, the study extends the cognitive theory of DE and the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The research effectively offers significant theoretical and practicable market knowledge to both scholars and marketing practitioners, as well as policy makers and institutions dealing with youth obesity, particularly in emerging markets.

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“…The most common reason of overweight and obesity, in addition to lack of exercise, are abnormal eating habits, i.e. the sum of conditional and unconditional reflexes as well as emotional and psychological reflexes expressing human behavior toward food (Ostrowska et al , 2010; Lukman et al , 1998). Therefore, it is better to prevent obesity than to cure it.…”

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Assessment of nutritional behavior of Polish pupils and students

Mazurek-Kusiak

Kobyłka

Sawicki

2019

BFJ

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess nutritional habits and body composition parameters in the group of Polish pupils and students. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted by the body composition analysis using the biological impedance method applying TANITA analyzer and diagnostic survey method using standardized direct interview with selected elements of the Sarzynska test. The research was carried out in various regions of Poland on a group of 1,000 pupils and students, using a targeted sample selection in the following subgroups: 250 middle school pupils, 250 high school students, 250 students living in a family home and 250 students living in an academic home. Findings Significantly the worst nutritional habits according to the Sarzynska test are shown by students living in academic home. As many as 21.6 percent of them eat very badly, while only 10.4 percent of students living in a family home eat very badly. This may indicate a lack of conditions, skills and time to prepare healthy meals, but also the lack of parental control in relation to what their child eats. The middle school pupils eat the healthiest meals (64.4 percent). It can be seen the regularity that the older the child is, the smaller the percentage of people in the healthy group. Research limitations/implications A research limitation was the little sample size of the study (1,000 person) and participants might have felt uncomfortable during research. Practical implications People planning class schedules should also plan breaks for a full-value meal. It is necessary to organize affordable courses that would teach simple and fast food preparation that does not require a lot of equipment and little popular ingredients. It would also be necessary to draw parents’ attention to excessive care and the fact that not allowing children to “experiment” in the kitchen may arouse in them the reluctance and fear of cooking. Social implications Among students, one should conduct universal education regarding a healthy lifestyle, which should focus on the subject of proper nutrition and physical activity, because there are no systemic solutions that would include adults. In order to improve nutritional habits, social rooms in academic homes should be adjusted so that students have the conditions to prepare nutritious meals, as well as provide access to canteens, where students would receive a reasonable meal at a reasonable price. The qualifications of the staff working there should also be improved. Originality/value The present study adds to the existing body of literature nutritional habits and body composition parameters in the group of Polish pupils and students. The results are the foundation for providing recommendations to policy makers, universitets, schools, food organizations and parents.

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Relationship between diet and obesity in Chinese groups

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Urban developments and health: Evidence from the distributional analysis of biomarkers in China

Urban developments and health: Evidence from the distributional analysis of biomarkers in China

Antecedents of obesity among Indian youth: from consumer psychological and lifestyle perspective

Assessment of nutritional behavior of Polish pupils and students

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