118 Chinese kids ill with food-poisioning
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Almost 120 more Chinese children have been the victims of food-poisoning after eating school meals in two new cases to be reported by the media.
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Twenty-eight children at Hong Kong&#39;s Caritas Medical Centre contracted a mystery illness that causes fever and respiratory infections, Caritas said in a statement.
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More than twice as many people have fallen ill this year with a strain of bacteria responsible for food poisoning, experts say.
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Chinese regulators closed 180 food plants after a nationwide inspection found thousands of violations of food safety rules.
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Nearly 200 million Chinese are overweight, the Health Ministry said Tuesday in a report that reflected the swelling waistlines that have accompanied rising incomes.
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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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A recent survey has found that one out of every five children in the north China municipality of Tianjin is overweight. For each hour a day spent in front of the television the risk increases an average of
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About 460,000 Chinese die prematurely each year from breathing polluted air and drinking dirty water, according to a World Bank study.
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About 400,000 toddlers die every year  in China mainly because of a lack of medical care, a member of  a government advisory group said on Wednesday, urging greater  investment in the health system.
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One out of every five children in a Chinese town is overweight, and everyone is blaming the TV. For each hour a day spent in front of the television the risk of obesity increases by one to two percent, according
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A HONG Kong hospital closed its paediatric wards to new admissions yesterday after four more patients came down with fever and respiratory symptoms, bringing to 28 the number of victims suffering a mystery illness.
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Seventeen people who ate from the same booth at the Taste of Chicago food festival last week became ill, at least five of them with salmonella poisoning and three who were hospitalized, the health department said.
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When Krystina Brugh fell ill in January, her parents thought it was the stomach flu. They fed her crackers and her favorite sandwich, peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, to give her strength. She didn't get better. Soon, the 11-year-old couldn't even keep down water, and her kidneys started to fail.
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Growing numbers of Chinese children are  being born with deformities due to pollution, later pregnancies  and unhealthy lifestyles, state media said on Thursday quoting  a medical expert.
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Up to 75 percent of urban Chinese suffer from bad health, with a new survey showing the problem is killing more people than infectious diseases, particularly among the skilled and educated.
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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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More than 10 children have died of diarrhoea or dysentery in the storm-battered Philippines and fears of further sickness as well as an outbreak of malaria are rising due to the wet conditions and a lack of clean drinking water, UN agencies warned.