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Even today, as trendy diets and a weight-loss frenzy sweep the nation, two-thirds of adults are still obese and children are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, typically an "adult" disease, at an alarming rate. If we're obsessed with being thin more so than ever before, why are Americans stricken with heart disease as much as we were 30 years ago?

In The China Study , Dr. T. Colin Campbell details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. The report also examines the source of nutritional confusion produced by powerful lobbies, government entities, and opportunistic scientists. The New York Times has recognized the study as the "Grand Prix of epidemiology" and the "most comprehensive large study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease."

The China Study is not a diet book. Dr. Campbell cuts through the haze of misinformation and delivers an insightful message to anyone living with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and those concerned with the effects of aging.

[This book is also available in Spanish, El Estudio de China .]

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• Introduction
• Part 1 The China Study
• Part 2 Diseases of Affluence
• Part 3 The Good Nutrition Guide
• Part IV Why Haven't You Heard This Before?

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Library Journal Review

In the 1980s, a comprehensive study of the effects of diet on disease and lifestyle was conducted among 6500 adults in 65 counties in rural China. Campbell (nutritional biochemistry, Cornell Univ.) examines the results of that study and compares the predominantly plant-based Chinese diets with the high consumption of meat and dairy products in the West. Drawing on hundreds of references and his 40-year career as a nutritional biochemist, Campbell compellingly argues that animal-based foods are responsible for high rates of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity, Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, and the effects of aging. He challenges long-held beliefs about the nutritional benefits of animal products and points out the confusing glut of contradictory information disseminated by the food industry. Campbell urges readers to eliminate meat and dairy from their diets to achieve better health and longevity. His study will add a new dimension to the public debate about the role of plant-based foods in the human diet. Recommended for nutrition and health collections.-Irwin Weintraub, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., New York (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Campbell (emer., Cornell) bases his book on a 20-year study of the links between diet, lifestyle, and disease in China and Taiwan. Results indicate that chronic diseases afflict those who consume higher proportions of animal-based foods. Populations consuming plant-based rations tend to be healthier and to avoid the global diseases that plague more affluent, meat-eating societies. Emphasizing that nutrition has a strong effect on disease, Campbell is persuaded that people can prevent heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, and other chronic maladies by eliminating or reducing animal protein from the diet. Several chapters cover the array of diseases believed to have a relationship to the Western nutritional formula of high animal protein consumption. The book exposes fad diets and discusses their failings. The author pushes for a more plant-based diet to improve the nation's health; however, the food industry and pharmaceutical enterprises have strong interests in maintaining the current eating habits of the public. Though health and diet are current concerns, unfortunately the public is frequently bombarded with confounding announcements. This book tries to clarify some nutrition studies so that the reader can better evaluate the nutritional cant. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. All levels. R. A. Hoots Woodland Community College

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For more than 40 years, T. Colin Campbell, PhD , has been at the forefront of nutrition research. His legacy, the China Study, is the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. Dr. Campbell is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. He has received more than 70 grant years of peer-reviewed research funding and authored more than 300 research papers. 'The China Study' was the culmination of a 20-year partnership of Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine.A 1999 graduate of Cornell University and recipient of a medical degree in 2010, Thomas M. Campbell II, MD , is a writer, actor and five-time marathon runner.