date:Jul 27, 2012
nges in the weight, diets and physical activity levels of its people. UNC-CCDC researchers followed a randomly selected sample representing 56 percent of the Chinese population in 2009 and found large increases in overweight and cardiometabolic risk factors.
What is unprecedented is the changes in diet, weight and cardiovascular risk for children age 7 and older, said Popkin. These estimates highlight the huge burden that Chinas health care system is expected to face if nothing changes.
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