Chinese study finds most city dwellers in poor health
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The Chinese Red Cross says its survey of 16 Chinese cities with populations over one (m) million found that 75 percent of Beijing residents were in poor health, along with 73 percent of those in Shanghai.
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LIVING in suburbia takes a greater toll on your health than the so-called pressures of the big city, according to new research from the United States.
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Nearly half of District residents, many with chronic diseases, live in areas with a critical shortage of doctors to provide basic care.
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City kids, like their country cousins, are struggling with weight problems, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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A new study by the RAND Corp. think tank found that people in high-sprawl regions have more health problems such as diabetes, breathing difficulties, migraine headaches and high blood pressure.
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A report released yesterday said that people who live in such sprawling metropolitan areas as the Triad are more likely to report chronic health problems - high blood pressure, arthritis, headaches and breathing difficulties - than residents of more
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A Chinese study has found that children  from wealthy families are more likely to suffer bad nutrition  than those from low-income homes, partly because they eat more  fast food, state media said on Friday.
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Child mortality among China's rural poor and its millions of migrants remains high despite overall improvements, state media quoted the World Health Organisation as saying Friday.
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SHANGHAI - In 1990, Shanghai was a poor, decaying post- colonial metropolis shaking off decades of economic stagnation. Its streets were congested, too - with bicycles.
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Nearly a quarter of Beijing's   university students suffer from clinical depression, a Chinese   newspaper reported on Wednesday, reflecting financial   pressures, fierce academic competition and a tight job market   for graduates.
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China's more than 700 million farmers are happier than before despite a growing wealth gap, while poor urban residents are being squeezed by rising food and property prices, a top government think tank said on Thursday.
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The number of obese people in China doubled to 60 million people in the 10 years to 2002. China&#39;s first comprehensive national survey on diet, nutrition and diseases found that seven per cent of Chinese adults
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Economic growth does not always lead to better health or lower child mortality, new research suggests.
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They are not getting enough exercise or fruits and vegetables on a daily basis, study indicates. By Emily Fredrix / Associated Press.
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People who live in sprawling communities tend to suffer more health problems, according to the first study to document a link between the world of strip malls, cul-de-sacs and subdivisions and a broad array of ailments.
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Hundreds of millions of people fall ill every year or die prematurely from air and water pollution caused by China's breakneck economic growth, one of the world's leading economic thinktanks has concluded following an 18-month investigation.
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About 100,000 Chinese die annually from diseases associated with passive smoking while more than half a billion on the mainland suffer from the smoke exhaled from cigarettes, according to the Xinhua news agency.