China’s expanding waistlines and the battle to rein in its growing obesity problem

Mădălin Mihai

If current trends continue, about 70 per cent of Chinese adults could be overweight or obese by 2030, which will put a strain on medical resources. CNA’s Insight looks at how Beijing is making weight control a national priority. SHENZHEN: Before she turned 18, Qin Siping thought “being a little fat didn’t matter” as she was still young. But time passed, and she felt her body “getting increasingly swollen”. Her colleagues even joked that she might “break the seat”. So she quit her job to attend