Obesity and Diabetes

Research from C.M. Chen and co-researchers in the area of obesity and diabetes published

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 24th, 2008

According to recent research from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "This overview describes the study of obesity issues over the last 8 years in Mainland China. A disease risk-based body mass index classification for Chinese adults was developed and verified by the results of the 2002 China Nationwide Nutrition and Health Survey."

"Age and gender-specific BMI cut-offs for Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-18 years were also developed. As the first step in the obesity control effort, the public health implications of the prevalence of overweight and obesity were set out and publicized by the government of China. The overweight prevalence in 2002 was 22.8% and...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-24)

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