Download or read book Food Consumption And Nutritional Status In The Prc written by Alan Piazza and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I would like to thank many people for their assistance in this research. I am particularly grateful to Bruce Johnston for his close guidance and encouragement of my studies at the Food Research Institute. Rey Martore11 is to thank for much of my interest in using anthropometric data to evaluate nutritional status. Tom Fingar gave generously of his comprehensive knowledge of China and carefully read and commented on successive drafts of the work. I am also grateful to the director of the Food Research Institute, Wally Falcon, for his encouragement, . support, and guidance. Stanford's US-China Relations Program and the National Resource Fellowship Program are also to thank for their assistance in the financing of my years at Stanford University. I am also thankful for the friendship and support of the staff and fellow graduate students at Stanford University including Angie, Carmen, Minnie, Susan, Carl, Carol, Don, George, Helen, Hernan, Jo Ann, Lipumba, Mark Kanazawa, Mark Langworthy, Noreen, and Yoshi. I feel special gratitude to Janice for her comments on the work and her wonderful support and patience.