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Title:	Food systems and life expectancy with rapid urbanisation in provincial China
Other Titles:	快速都市化下的中國各省糧食系統及平均餘命
Authors:	Gibson, V;Zhu, YG;Ge, R;Wahlqvist, ML
Contributors:	Division of Health Services and Preventive Medicine
Abstract:	BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Health outcomes such as survival, minimal disability and well-being are presump-tively dependent on food and ecosystems. An integral measure of the critical urban food system linkages to health problems is needed. Much of the current health change in cities could be attributed to short-comings in food sys-tems which can pose threats to food security and food safety. Health problems have needed a reconceptualisation of present medical and nutritional constructs. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN: The present study is based on a situa-tional analysis of food and the related ecosystems presumptively affected by rapid urbanisation in China. With an ecological information matrix, an Urban Food System Index with ten indicators which could influence food sys-tem outcomes and promote health and well-being has been developed. It uses sixteen data sets from the National Bureau of Statistics for all 31 provinces in China. The indicators were Locality, Climate, Biodiversity, Infrastruc-ture, Transport, Population structure, Livelihood, Recreation and Socialisation, Personal security and Communi-cation. The indicators for each province, scored between 1 (severe) and 5 (best), were used to predict life expec-tancy for China as a whole by multivariable regression analysis. RESULTS: The best model explained 70% of the variance and had significant beta coefficients for population structure (proportion of juveniles) (-0.52, p<0.0001) and livelihood (food expenditure) (0.31, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Population characteristics and livelihoods related to food systems can account for much of life expectancy as a health outcome. An index which captured this in-formation is provided and could evaluate concurrently as well as prospectively food system-related health with urbanisation.
Date:	2015-12
Relation:	Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2015 Dec;24(4):731-743.
Link to:	http://dx.doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.2015.24.4.28
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