More than half of adults in China are now overweight, official figures showed Wednesday, with increasingly sedentary lifestyles among the country’s growing middle class translating to expanding waistlines.
China has experienced rapid economic growth in recent decades that has profoundly changed eating habits — massively popular online delivery apps make cheap, calorie-rich meals available to city dwellers at all hours.
That growth now means that more than 50% of people are overweight for the first time, according to a National Health Commission report published Wednesday, out of which 16.4 percent are considered obese.
That proportion is nearly double the 29% of adults clas…
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