Originally published April 27 2005
China faces new problems as obesity rates soar
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A recent study into obesity rates in China has found that approximately 137 million Chinese people are overweight and 18 million of those are obese. Furthermore 64 million Chinese have such poor diet and exercise habits that they are at risk for cardiovascular disease. These figures have been extrapolated from studies performed in 20 rural and urban areas throughout China that surveyed 19,000 people between the ages of 35 and 74. Among its findings, the study discovered that people in cities are much more likely to be overweight, people in the north have more trouble controlling their weight than those in the south, and women are being hit harder than men.
China now has some 18 million obese adults, and 64 million adults may be at risk of cardiovascular disease because of poor dietary habits and lack of exercise, a study published this Saturday in The Lancet says.
China now has some 18 million obese adults, and 64 million adults may be at risk of cardiovascular disease because of poor dietary habits and lack of exercise, a study published this Saturday in The Lancet says.
The figures are extrapolated from an in-depth survey of nearly 19,000 people aged 35 to 74, randomly selected from 20 rural and urban areas in China.
Extrapolated for the country's population of 1.3 billion, the results indicate that 137 million Chinese are overweight, and 18 million of them are obese.
Around 64 million Chinese adults have "metabolic syndrome," a term applying to overweight, high cholesterol and blood glucose levels that are known risk factors for heart attacks and artery disease.
The study, led by He Jiang, a professor of epidemiology at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, is the latest piece of evidence to attest to obesity problems in China.
Over-eating, especially the consumption of sweet and fatty foods and sodas, is a rising phenomenon in many fast-growing developing countries, compounded by an increasingly sedendary lifestyle.
Overweight and metabolic syndrome were higher among people in northern China than in the south, among urban residents rather than country-dwellers and among women more than among men.
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