Young people in China have been getting taller at a quicker rate than those from almost any other country in the last few decades — but they also have some of the world’s fastest-growing waistlines, new research shows.
The findings published last month in peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet underscore how 35 years of economic growth have brought better nutrition for most Chinese, but also triggered an emerging public health crisis as more people have become overweight or obese.