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OBESITY/CHINA
source: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/
health/760787.stm
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?
page=story_5-4-2004_pg6_19
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About 18% of the Chinese population is overweight…- Official statistics show that 10% of the children in China are obese and the number is increasing by 8% each year.
Primary school children| | % boys | % girls | | obese | 14.8 | 9 | | overweight | 13.2 | 11 | | total | 28 | 20 |
- More than 18 % of Beijing's primary and middle school students are characterized as obese, nearly double that of a decade ago.
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