Aging Population, Balanced Diet and China's Grain Demand

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 15; no. 13; p. 2877
• Main Authors: Liu, Xiuli, Ho, Mun S, Hewings, Geoffrey J D, Dou, Yuxing, Wang, Shouyang, Wang, Guangzhou, Guan, Dabo, Li, Shantong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 25.06.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Age; Age composition; Aged; Aging; aging population; Analysis; Animal wastes; China - epidemiology; COVID-19; Demand; Diet; dietary structure; Edible Grain; Environmental protection; Feed grains; Food prices; Food security; Food waste; Forecasts and trends; Grain; grain demand; Humans; Livestock; Medical research; Nutrition; Pandemics; Population; Population (statistical); Population number; Prices; Refuse Disposal; Requirements; Research methodology; Sensitivity analysis; Trends; Urbanization; China; COVID-19; dietary structure; aging population; urbanization; grain demand; food waste

The need to make more accurate grain demand (GD) forecasting has become a major topic in the current international grain security discussion. Our research aims to improve short-term GD prediction by establishing a multi-factor model that integrates the key factors: shifts in dietary structures, popu...