Exposure to the 1959-1961 Chinese famine and risk of non-communicable diseases in later life: A life course perspective.

ABSTRACT: Child undernutrition and later-life non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are major global health issues. Literature suggests that undernutrition/famine exposure in childhood has immediate and long-term adverse health consequences. However, many studies have theoretical and methodological limitations. To add to the literature and overcome some of these limitations, we adopted a life course perspective and used more robust methods. We investigated the association between exposure to the 1959-1961 Chinese famine and later-life NCDs and if this association depends on: life stage at exposure, famine severity, and sex. We conducted a secondary data analysis of a large-scale, nationally representative, longitudinal study-the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2011-2018, 11,094 participan

SUBMITTER: Cheng M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10431657 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature