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China’s economy is growing at an astonishing 놀라운, 눈부신 rate, but so is its waistline. The country’s facing an obesity epidemic 유행성 비만 with about 18 million people considered obese and another 137 million overweight 체중초과 according to a recent study by Chinese researchers. It’s a problem for Chinese children who are developing an appetite 식욕, 좋아함 for western fast food. This report from our Shanghai correspondent Quentin Somerville.

 

Morning exercise at a Beijing Summer Camp, but this isn’t for fun. These children are here to get slim. China’s getting wealthier, but it’s also piling on ~을 쌓다 the kilos, children included. My weight has gone beyond the limit for my age, so it’s time for me to lose some weight. Being fat doesn’t affect me socializing 사회적으로 활동하다, but it has very bad effects on my health. I want to do this to keep away cardiovascular 심장혈관의 diseases.

 

In some parts of the country, obesity rates have climbed by half among primary school 초등학교 children. So here at the OKI slim club, it’s strict 엄격한, 꼼꼼한 for lunch as well as plenty of exercise. An unhealthy mix of fast food and computer games means more children are becoming overweight. But it isn’t just bad western habits that are to blame 책임이 있다, ~이 나쁘다.

 

Most kids are fat now because they’re not leading a very healthy life. For example, they don’t eat healthily. They don’t get the nutrition they need, but they eat a lot of high calorie food instead which leads to fat piling-up in their bodies. Plus, most of them are busy with study that they barely have time to exercise. Once they become fat, they don’t want to move. So they don’t use many calories. After a while 머지않아, 얼마 후면, they put on <체중을> 늘리다 a lot of weight.

 

So the solution is to spend less time sitting in the classroom and more time having fun and running around. For these children, at least, losing weight doesn’t have to be all hard work. Quentin Somerville, BBC News, Shanghai.

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