US EditionChinese slimmers trade lost fat for beef
Local campaigns reward slimmer participants with beef, potatoes or fruit as officials seek to curb China’s rising obesity rates.
- In Wuxi, hundreds of locals are signing up for the 'Trade Fat for Beef' program, where participants earn meat rewards for losing weight. Organisers say more than 1,000 people have registered since the initiative started in March.
- China faces a growing public health crisis, with 402 million overweight or obese adults over 25 as of 2021. The National Health Commission warns current trends could push that share to 70.5 percent by 2030.
- Participant Shu Fangqiang, whose BMI of 30 is classified as obese, joined to lose 20 kilograms. Rules allow participants to trade every 1.5 kilograms lost for half a kilogram of beef, capped at 10 kilograms total.
- Similar grassroots initiatives like Yunnan's 'Flab for Potatoes' have surfaced across the country. Sichuan University's West China Hospital professor Li Sheyu said these campaigns might have limited impact but serve as 'a good example of disseminating weight-loss ideas to the public.'
- The Lancet attributes the obesity surge to rapid urbanization and sedentary lifestyles. Organisers counter this by offering medical guidance and explicitly warning against extreme fasting or weight-loss drugs to ensure participants slim down steadily.
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Shu Fangqiang is on the balance in a community centre of Wuxi, in the eastern part of China. He is among the hundreds of people who have been enrolled in the mamming program “Borry dog, get beef”. Urina has a lot of fun: What it means, what causes and when you can indicate problems in the kidneys Not only the feet: The eyes of your dog should also be clean after the passage; see how to do With the 30th body mass index (IMC), Shu is considered ob…
Wuxi, China. Shu Fangqiang climbs the balance in a community center in Wuxi (eastern China). He is part of the hundreds of people who enrolled in the slimming program "Loose fat, earn beef." With a body mass index of 30, Shu is considered obese according to national criteria and those of the World Health Organization (WHO). "Breed or not, I wanted to lose weight for my health. This opportunity came at the right time, so I signed up." It says. Th…
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