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the relationship between per capita income and what predominantly rural and
predominantly urban populations eat as both get wealthier:^24 both eat more meats
and fats, and reduce carbohydrate, as a proportion of their overall diet. But there
Source: National Survey of Income and Expenditure of Urban Households, Government of
China, 1990; http://www.fao.org
Figure 13.4 Diet of an undernourished Chinese adult (1480kcal/person/day)Source: FAO/World Bank/Popkin, B (1998) ‘The nutrition transition and its health implications
on lower income countries’, Public Health Nutrition, 1, 5–21
Figure 13.5 Relationship between the proportion of energy from each food source and
GNP per capita, with the proportion of the urban population at 25 per cent, 1990