Topic: Beijing
Chinese teenager Zhu Lindai used to weigh 152 kilogrammes (335 pounds). But since signing up to a centre in Beijing dedicated to helping obese adolescents lose weight she has shed nearly 50 kilos.Under the supervision of an instructor, she exercises for two ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - On the grounds of the Bodyworks weight loss campus in Beijing, 30 tubby men and women sweat profusely, gasping for air as they pound the treadmills in an exercise room.They represent a shocking new statistic in the world's most ...
Here's one way to fight obesity: mandatory exercise, as Beijing has commanded again, after a three-year break. "The short-term goal is to involve 60% of the workforces in Beijing by 2011, and 70% of the workforces of the government," says Zhang Yujing ...
Beijing hopes to stave off an obesity epidemic among its youth with a dramatic increase in physical education, state media reported Tuesday.All students aged seven to 18 returning to school from their summer holidays will have to attend daily PE classes, the ...
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