Chinese concern at obesity surge
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The rate of obesity in China has increased by 97% in 10 years, according to a government report.
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China sought Friday to soothe concerns  over a surprise interest rate rise, its first in nearly a  decade and one which is expected to kick off a series of  increases to cool growth in the world's seventh-biggest  economy.
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TORONTO - Empty calories and inactive lifestyles are creating an &quot;obesity epidemic&#39;&#39; in Ontario, with almost half of adults now overweight, the province&#39;s chief medical officer warned Wednesday.
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Evolution and the environment, not just  gluttony, has led to a global obesity pandemic, with an  estimated 1.5 billion people overweight -- more than the number  of undernourished people -- an obesity conference was told on  Monday.
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People are getting fatter in all parts of the world, with the possible exception of east Asia, doctors found in a one-day global snapshot of obesity.
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Rising rates of obesity will lead to dramatic increases in the number of people with Alzheimer's disease, experts have predicted.
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China's military increases food safety supervision due to fears that poor products could harm combat capacity.
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BEIJING - Dance classes soon will be mandatory for Chinese elementary and secondary students because of worries about increased obesity, state media reported Tuesday.
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An obesity pandemic threatens to overwhelm health systems around the globe with illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease, experts at an international conference warned Sunday.
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The number of U.S. children having obesity surgery has tripled in recent years, surging at a pace that could mean more than 1,000 such operations this year, new research suggests.
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The increase fed speculation that China was yielding to international pressure and the state of its economy.
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The number of reported HIV/AIDS cases in China has grown by nearly 30 per cent this year, state media said on Wednesday, warning the virus seemed to be spreading from high-risk groups to the general public.
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About 60 percent of adults in Beijing are overweight, and obesity, once the preserve of the West, is becoming more and more common among children, a city survey shows.
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The global obesity epidemic is out of control, with more than 300 million overweight adults worldwide, specialists told the first international obesity conference in Sun City, South Africa, which ended yesterday.
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Americans are carrying a lot of excess  weight and desperately want to slim down.
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The prevalence of obesity is rising faster among adults in New Jersey than in neighboring states, and has hit an ominous 20 percent among the state's sixth-graders, according to a Rutgers University researcher.
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The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to take on what has become an increasingly common American characteristic: obesity.