China pays price of western lifestyle with soaring childhood obesity

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 12:20 in Psychology & Sociology

Less than one percent of children were obese in 1985 compared to 17 percent of boys and 9 percent of girls in 2014, a study from China concludes. Boys may be more overweight than girls because of societal preference for sons, say the authors.

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