Tag Archives: obesity

Nine out of ten high school students in Xiamen have bad eyesight

Posted on 2012-09-29 by Barry van Wyk

Kids in Xiamen are apparently some of the unhealthiest in China. As the Haixia Daobao (海峡导报) from Xiamen reports today, nine out of every ten children in Xiamen have eyesight problems, two out of ten are obese, and rates of malnutrition and tooth … Continue reading →

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Chongqing’s fattest man

Posted on 2012-07-09 by Allison Carol Goldman

The top headline in today’s Chongqing Times: “Chongqing’s fattest man – how did he get that way?” The accompanying picture features this man riding an escalator wearing a too-small shirt that exposes his belly, and another man behind him surreptitiously taking … Continue reading →

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Fat China – a chat with Paul French

Posted on 2010-09-07 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Paul French tells Jeremy Goldkorn about Fat China, a book he co-authored with Matthew Crabbe subtitled ‘How expanding waistlines are changing a nation’.

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