--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

More Babies, Toddlers Too Fat
More babies and young children are getting fatter, a survey by Shanghai Children Health Care Center showed.

The obesity rate among babies under the age of one year old was 4.55 percent, up from 1.95 percent in 1996.

The rate among children between the ages of three and six reached 8.3 percent, almost 2 percentage points higher than 1996.

According to Shanghai Evening Post, doctors blame improper feeding habits for overweight children.

Gong Qun, a doctor in the centre, said that most mothers were too busy to breast-feed them. The children, instead, are given high-calorie formula food.

Breast feeding is the best way to ensure a baby's health, Gong said.

He also warned parents not to give too much meat and cake to children.

(China Daily June 20, 2002)

Baby Obesity Rate Growing in City
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688