China-Cornell-Oxford Project

China-Cornell-Oxford Project

The China-Cornell-Oxford Project was a study conducted throughout the 1970s and 1980s in rural China, jointly funded by Cornell University, the University of Oxford, and the government of China.[1] In 1991 The New York Times called it "the Grand Prix of epidemiology."[2] The first two major studies were led by T. Colin Campbell, professor of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell, who summarized the results in his book The China Study (2005).

The study examined the diets, lifestyle and disease characteristics of populations of 65 rural Chinese counties, comparing the prevalence of disease characteristics, excluding causes of death such as accidents.[3] The findings suggested that some diseases of affluence were caused by Westernization, especially the growing consumption of animal protein and dairy products, previously either unknown or uncommon in China.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "China-Cornell-Oxford Project", Cornell University.
  2. ^ a b Brody, Jane E. "Huge Study Of Diet Indicts Fat And Meat", The New York Times, May 8, 1990.
  3. ^ Junshi, Chen; Campbell; T. Colin; Junyao, Li; and Peto, R. (eds). Diet, lifestyle, and mortality in China: a study of the characteristics of 65 Chinese counties. Oxford University Press; Cornell University Press; People's Medical Publishing House, 1990.
    • Junshi Chen; Banoo Parpia; T. Colin Campbell (1998). "Diet, lifestyle, and the etiology of coronary artery disease: the Cornell China Study". The American Journal of Cardiology (Elsevier Science) 82 (10 Supplement 2). PMID 9860369. 
    • Julius Leyton; Robert Parker; Wenxun Fan; T. Colin Campbell; Kebreab Ghebremeskel; Junyao Li; Junshi Chen; Michael A. Crawford et al. (2003). "Fish consumption, blood docosahexaenoic acid and chronic diseases in Chinese rural populations". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A (Elsevier Science) 136 (1). 

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