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The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health
T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell Ii
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Rank: 543
"[This] elaborate study of rural Chinese gives big points to the
health value of their plant-based diets." —Chicago Tribune
About the AuthorT. Colin Campbell, PhD, is the project director of the
China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project (the China Study), a 20-year
study of nutrition and health.
He is a Jacob Gould Schurman Professor
Emeritus of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University. In more than
40 years of research he has received more than 70 grant-years of
peer-reviewed research funding and authored more than 300 research papers.
He lives in Ithaca, New York. Thomas M. Campbell II lives in Ithaca,
New York.
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The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health
T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell Ii
![]() | | | Review | | "[This] elaborate study of rural Chinese gives big points to the
health value of their plant-based diets." —Chicago Tribune
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![]() | | | Book Description | | This exhaustive presentation of the findings from the China Study
conclusively demonstrates the link between nutrition and heart disease,
diabetes, and cancer. Referred to as the "Grand Prix of epidemiology" by
The New York... read full editorial |
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The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health
T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell Ii
![]() | | | The Praise for Book is Amazing | | (Dallas, TX USA) January 8, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | The China Study describes a monumental survey of diet and death rates from
cancer in more than 2,400 Chinese counties and the equally monumental
efforts to explore its significance and implications for nutrition and
health... read full review |
![]() | | | Comprehensive, But A Person Is Behind It, Not Just a Mask | | (San Francisco, CA United States) May 2, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | The China Study is long reaching and you won't find a book anywhere with
more background information. Speaking for myself, a man who's always in a
hurry to find out the "meat and potatoes" of a book (pardon the metaphor),... read full review |
![]() | | | Essential information | | (Portland, OR) May 13, 2005 - 4.0/5 stars | | I just finished the china study, and cannot give it five stars simply
because it was very boring and difficult to finish. However, the
information in it is of extreme importance and the research behind it is
formidable... read full review |
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