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This presentation discusses several customary practices in China that greatly contribute to the quality of life most elderly Chinese experience. The ethnographic interviews and observations for this presentation were conducted primarily along the affluent and developed East coast corridor of China in the cities of Beijing and Nanjing from 2006-2010. It’s no secret...to Chinese... what health experts in the US have been saying will improve our quality of life! Photos and interviews from this fieldwork illustrate several lifestyle practices exemplified among the Chinese that can be modeled and incorporated into our lifestyle in the US.
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CHINA: DIET AND LIFESTYLE
Embracing Western Culture And The New Golden Era: How Golden
Is It for Health?
What’s Their Secret?
Lifestyle and Diet in China: Healthy Living into your 70s, 80s and Beyond?
This presentation discusses several customary practices in China that greatly contribute to the quality of life most elderly Chinese experience. The ethnographic interviews and observations for this presentation were conducted primarily along the affluent and developed East coast corridor of China in the cities of Beijing and Nanjing from 2006-2010. It’s no secret...to Chinese... what health experts in the US have been saying will improve our quality of life! Photos and interviews from this fieldwork illustrate several lifestyle practices exemplified among the Chinese that can be modeled and incorporated into our lifestyle in the US.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences PhD students learn field methods
Interviews on lifestyle with elderly in parks
Social Science Interview Findings
Retirement means time for family and community
Time for Exercise
Even at work/school
Group Stretch, Dance and Flex
Tai Chi
The Traditional Diet of Fresh Vegetables
Harvested and Bought Daily
Farm to Table
Fresh Fruits
Local Vendors on Corners
Fresh Meat
Eaten along with noodles/rice and veggies
Traditional Green Tea
Hot Tea, Hot Water all day (and nap) Breaks
And Beer BreaksToast to your Health
Beer is very weak, 3%
Nuts and Seeds as Snacks
Family Meals at Dinner
A Time to Relax
Flash Fry Foods
Fresh from the Market
Market Produce and Meat, Rice and Soup on the side
Take your time and enjoy
A little oil and high heat
No need to diet with this meal
Fresh and Colorful
Traditional Fast Food
Fresh and Fast
New Fast Food The New Golden Era
The New Golden Era
How Golden it is?
Embracing The New Western Diet
For Chinese Health?
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