China caught up with malnutrition, today he is struggling with obesity

It is difficult for some « comrades » to control weight, have an overweight and even suffer from chronic diseases, said the Minister of the National Health Commission Lei Haichao at a press conference on Sunday in Beijing at the Martins of the National Congress. In order to counteract this, medical institutions need to spread more information about health in the coming years, the minister said. The establishment of an outpatient counseling center is also envisaged.

Hotels should encourage rooms to equip the scales as a standard so that business people and others can monitor their weight.

The fight against obesity is a relatively new thing for China, a country that has been experiencing serious hunger crises in the middle of the last century.

In last year's press release, which published the first multidisciplinary guidelines for obesity in the country, health officials admitted that « China has fought for centuries to feed their huge population. »

The malnutrition, not obesity, was the main problem before the reform and the opening of the economy in the late 1970s, it is said.

But the growing standard changed that.

Now chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are a major threat to the Chinese population and are closely related to lifestyle, Lei said.

And the odds are not good.

While the Health Commission reported that more than half of the adults in the country had overweight from 2020, by 2030, this could increase to 65.3%.