Responding to the double burden in China
Policy measures taken in China to counter the significant double burden of obesity and under-nutrition as dietary patterns shift in the population.
Official statistics convey the scale of the emerging epidemic of obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases in China, with 7.1% (60m) of the population obese in 2002.
Obesity-related chronic disease in China:
- Diabetes: 2.6% 20 million
- Hypertension: 18.8% 160 million
- Dyslipidemia: 18.6% 160 million
- Hypercholesterolemia: 2.9%
- Hypertriglyceridemia: 11.9%
- Low high-density lipoprotein hyperlipidemia:7.4%.
Source: The National Nutrition and Health Survey 2002 (Chinese adults aged 18 years and older)