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07/11/2008: "One in four Chinese 'overweight'"
More than 25% of adults in China are now considered overweight or obese, according to new research.
The findings, in the journal Health Affairs, blame declining physical activity and a more Western diet.
The report warns that obesity rates will double by 2028 if the Chinese government fails to take action.
Researchers say what is happening in China could be seen as a marker for what is going to happen in the rest of the developing world.
[ One moment they are starving and surviving on a bowl of rice a day, and the next they are eating up all the food in the world. No wonder the price of food is so high! We are talking about over 330 million overweight or obese Chinese, about 30 million more than the entire population of the United States. Yet Americans are blamed for over-indulging while the developing world goes without. Now you can take another perspective on this! ]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7495330.stm