Nutrition And Metabolic Disorders: A Preliminary Study In Southern China

Backgrounds: Diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and metabolic syndrome have beena rapid merging epidemic in China. Nutritional factors appear to correlate closely withthese metabolic disorders. The profile of diet and nutrition amongChinese population and the influence of nutrition on metabolic disorders have been lesswell studied.Objective: To define the profiles of diet and nutrition in areas with different levels ofeconomic growth as well as to investigate the role of diet and nutrition on diabetes,hypertension, hyperlipidemia and metabolic syndrome.Methods: This investigation was a part of the 'nutrition transition and chronic diseases'study. This article is about the cross-sectional investigation on 502 subjects in Anhui,Jiangxi and Shanghai. The investigation focused on food consumption, body measurement,insulin resistance, life style and blood biochemistry examinations.Results:1 diet and nutritionThe diet of Chinese population in southern areas with different levels of economic growth was still cereal-vegetable-based. Cereal was the major energy source. Diet in the developed areas showed more diversity than those in the developing areas. People in the developed areas consumed more animal foods, less cereals and less animal oil than those in the developing areas. The proportion of energy provided by animal foods in the developed areas was more than, while that of energy came from cereals was less than people living in developing areas.2 Association of dietary factors and metabolic disorders (1) Food weight proportion and energy source from foodGlucose metabolic disorderThe total consumption of meat, poultry, egg, milk and aquatic animals showed...