article_snippet.sent: School Principal Yan Xue told reporters from Urban Express Newspaper: 'When a child is obese there are serious negative health consequences. '
article_snippet.sent: Diabetes and high blood pressure are also risks therefore the issue of obesity must be tackled at an early stage.'
article_snippet.sent: the school's headmaster said The school's headmaster wanted to tackle the issue of obesity to stop the children developing health problems in later life, and becoming socially isolated .
article_snippet.sent: Principle Yan added: 'This is an important stage of a child’s development and we are giving them the best nutritional advice from a scientific perspective which will help them control them weight but also not affect them physical development. '
article_snippet.sent: We ask parents to list parents weekly food parents give parents children and We nutritionist will give individual advice on their children choices.'
article_snippet.sent: According to the World Health Organisation, obesity in China is a major problem, with rates of the illness reaching 20 per cent in some cities .
article_snippet.sent: Obesity rates in China have shot up dramatically in a generation as most of China was in the grip of a famine just 50 years ago .