Why there are so many overweight children in China?

By Chen Ziqi China Plus Published: 2017-05-26 17:31:24
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Speakers: Heyang, Lincoln Van del Westhuizen, and Caroline Wu

[Photo: Baidu.com]

[Photo: Baidu.com]

China has become the most obese country in the world with 90 million obese populations.

Moreover, there are more than 40 million obese children, occupied nearly half of the obese populations. 

Why there are so many people have obesity now? Is it because the living standards have improved comparing to 2 decades ago? Or is it because high pressure from work takes away too much time from parents so that they do not have time to prepare healthy meals for their children? 

Listen to the show and find out more about it and what Chinese people can do to tackle this health issue. 

The audio clip is from Round Table, produced by CRI. 

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