Wednesday, 20 March 2019

Economic growth linked to reduction in stunting and thinness, rise in overweight, obesity in Chinese children

The first study to evaluate the effect of economic growth on malnutrition in all its forms has found that, while stunting and thinness have ameliorated in recent years, a four-fold increase in overweight and obesity among children and adolescents occurred in China between 1995 and 2014, with around one in five children and adolescents now either overweight or obese.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/economic-growth-linked-to-reduction-in-stunting-and-thinness-rise-in-overweight-obesity-in-chinese-children