A 29-year study published by European Society of Cardiology's reveals that obesity has increased at a shocking rate in young rural Chinese, due to socioeconomic changes. "It's the worst explosion of childhood and adolescent obesity that I have ever seen," says the European Journal of Preventative Cardiology Joep Perk. The report reveals the traditional Chinese diet has moved towards a diet of "high fat, high energy density and low dietary fibre."
A 29-year study published by the European Journal of Preventative Cardiology reveals that obesity has increased at a shocking rate in young rural Chinese, due to socioeconomic changes. "It's the worst explosion of childhood and adolescent obesity that I have ever seen," says European Society of Cardiology's Joep Perk. The report reveals the traditional Chinese diet has moved towards a diet of "high fat, high energy density and low dietary fibre."