China reveals more than half of the adult population – Dec 24 CNN A study of the National Health Commission of China released on Wednesday, Dec. 23, that over half of Chinese people are considered overweight. And the obesity rate among adult Chinese people has doubled from 7.1% in 2002 to 1.64% in 2020, reflecting that as China becomes richer. The waist circumference of an adult in the country is also enlarged.
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The report said 50.7% of Chinese adults are overweight. Including obese people In China of 1.4 billion people, there are more than 500 million overweight. Whole US population
This is a rapid increase over the past 20 years. In 2002, 29.9% of Chinese adults were overweight. Including those who are obese. In 2012, that figure rose 42%, according to a previous report by Chinese health officials.
Li Bin Deputy Director of the National Health Commission of China Said on Wednesday that “Our country’s population faces severe overweight and obesity problems. The rates of overweight and obesity among urban and rural people and of all age groups are steadily increasing. ”
This is partly due to the massive changes in diet and eating habits arising from the country’s rapid economic growth.
In the last decade In 1950 and 1960, 45 million Chinese people died of famine, and until 1993, they were required to use government-distributed food ration coupons in exchange for ingredients such as rice, vegetable oil, eggs and meat.
China’s shortage period is long. But now the Chinese have more freedom to choose to eat. And the wealth of the new country made the Chinese people eat a lot of nutrition and energy.
But the increased spending power also increases the problem of food waste. President Xi Jinping had called the problem a shock and distress. Became the source of the draft law to prevent food waste Which was recently sent to the National Legislative Assembly of China On Tuesday 22 Dec.
side Zhao Wenhua Chief nutritionist The Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the rates of being overweight and obesity in China are rising rapidly with high prevalence. Affect all groups in the population It brings a huge challenge to public health.
Rising rates of overweight and obesity are burdening public health.Being overweight increases the risk of serious illnesses and health problems, including: High blood pressure, diabetes, coronary artery and Cerebrovascular According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
According to the World Health Organization, at least 4 million people worldwide die every year from being overweight and obese. While the number of people with obesity worldwide is increasing as well. Almost three times that since 1985
In 2016, 39% of the world’s adult population, or more than 1,900 million, were overweight.Of these, 650 million were obese, while in the United States, 71.6% were overweight, including obesity between 2015-2016.
However, China has more stringent measures than global standards. The World Health Organization considersBody mass (BMI), which is the ratio of weight to height that A BMI greater than 25 will lead to weight.Over and Values greater than 30 are obese. But China considered A BMI greater than 24 is overweight. and A value greater than 28 is obese.
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