bad living habits: taiwan's child obesity rate ranks first in asia
2024-09-07
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according to a report by hong kong china news service, statistics from the health unit of taiwan's health and welfare department recently showed that the obesity rate of children in taiwan ranks first in asia, with one in four elementary school students being overweight and nearly 30% of middle school students being overweight. health experts remind that bad lifestyle habits are one of the causes of overweight and obesity.
according to taiwan media reports, according to the unit's statistics, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among elementary school students in taiwan in the 2022 school year was 26.4%, down 0.7% from 27.1% in the previous year; the rate among middle school students reached 30.2%, down 1% from 31.2% in the previous year. although the figures have dropped slightly, taiwan's child obesity rate still ranks first in asia.
the head of the health unit of the taiwan authorities believes that bad living habits are one of the causes of overweight and obesity. community health group researcher mai yangjun believes that although the figures have slightly decreased, there is still a lot of room for improvement. promoting children's healthy posture requires multi-faceted intervention, including healthy diet and physical activity. it is recommended that children accumulate 60 minutes of moderate activity every day and 420 minutes per week.
liu shiyao, chief physician of the department of pediatrics at national taiwan university hospital, said that taiwanese parents do not regard obesity as a disease, and mistakenly believe that "being fat when young is not fat", which makes it difficult to improve the problem of childhood obesity. parents should pay attention to this phenomenon and stop having the wrong idea that "only by keeping children fat can they grow taller". (hong kong "ta kung pao")
