Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Over 41% Chinese men, 28% women overweight or obese
Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat
accumulation that may impair health, which is usually measured by the Body Mass
Index (BMI). It is defined as a person's weight in kilograms divided by the
square of his height in meters (kg/m2). Let’s think of a man whose height is
170 cm. If he weighs 60 kg, his BMI is about 20, if 70 kg, it’s 24, and if 80 kilograms, it’s
nearly 28. For adults, WHO defines overweight as a BMI of 25 or higher, and obesity
as 30 or higher. It is estimated that a little over 42% of American adults are
obese and around 30% are overweight, which means more American adults are excessively
too fat than just too fat. More health-conscious
China has a little stricter
BMI classification as BMI 24 is overweight and 28 is obese. According to recent
research of 15.8 million Chinese adults, nearly 35% were overweight and about
14% were obese, so almost half of Chinese adults are too fat. Unlike the 20th
century when many Chinese rode bicycles and ate simple meals mainly consisting of
rice or wheat, modern Chinese drive or ride cars and enjoy luxurious meals with
meat and fat. Will there be another restriction on overeating or a mandate to exercise?
Read the article and learn about the health conditions of modern
Chinese.
No comments:
Post a Comment