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Understanding the nutrition transition: measuring rapid dietary changes in transitional countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2006

Barry M Popkin ,
Bing Lu  and
Fengying Zhai
Barry M Popkin*
Affiliation:
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, University Square, CB# 8120, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA
Bing Lu
Affiliation:
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, University Square, CB# 8120, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA
Fengying Zhai
Affiliation:
Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
*
*Corresponding author: Email popkin@unc.edu
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Abstract

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Objective:

To understand methodological concerns related to dietary intake collection in transitional societies.

Design:

Three days of household weighing and measurement of all food used and repeated 24-hour recalls.

Setting:

Eight Chinese provinces.

Subjects:

Five thousand nine hundred and fifty-two and 5152 adults aged 20–45 years in 1989 and 1997, respectively.

Results:

Great variance exists in the types and quantity of animal products used in common recipes. For example, the proportion of pork from lean cuts in ‘stir-fried fresh pepper and pork’ varies between 14 and 24% in urban and rural areas and the total pork content for 100 g (dish) varies by 15 to 19 g between rural and urban areas in each of eight provinces. Another challenge relates to the variation in the edible vegetable oil content added during food preparation. Reliance on standard recipes for each fried dish would miss the variations in oil use over time, space and socio-economic status.

Conclusions:

Dietary change is rapid in transitional countries. Reliance on recipes standardised for animal food and edible oil contents will lead to very large systematic errors in the measurement of energy, fat and protein intakes.

Keywords

Nutrition transitionRecipesDiet assessment
Type
Part G. Advances in methodological issues in the use of international food datasets
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 5 , Issue 6a , December 2002 , pp. 947 - 953
Copyright
Copyright © CAB International 2002

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