S. Shimbo et al., URBAN-RURAL DIFFERENCE IN CEREAL CONSUMPTION BY PEOPLE IN SHANDONG PROVINCE, CHINA, Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 183(3), 1997, pp. 211-220
In October, 1996, 24-hour food duplicate samples were collected from t
wo groups of 50 adult women each; one group was in Jinan, the capital
city of Shandong Province in China, and the other in a farming village
of Baiquan in Zhangqiu area some 30 km away from the city. Perusal of
food menus showed that wheat, rice, foxtail millet and maize were maj
or cereals for the two groups. Nutritional analysis of the food duplic
ate samples mere conducted taking advantage of weight of each food ite
m and the standard food composition tables for Chinese populations. Wh
ereas wheat was the leading source in both groups (73% of cereal-based
energy in the city and 64% in the village), further urban-rural compa
rison showed that women in the village took substantial amounts of mil
let (19%) and maize (12%) in contrast to small consumption by the city
people (millet by 5% and maize by 2%). Rice consumption was larger in
the city (20%) than in the village (5%). The differences between the
two groups mere all significant for each of the four cereals. Nutritio
nal significance of consumption of maize in particular and also that o
f millet were discussed. (C) 1997 Tohoku University Medical Press.