Obesity control on health agenda   

中国将控制肥胖列入官方规划

目前，中国已将控制肥胖列入官方规划中。这是记者从卫生部9日召开的例行新闻发布会上了解到的。当天披露的这份官方行动规划称，到2015年，中国成人的肥胖率控制在12%以内，儿童青少年不超过8%。

Beijing (CNS) -- China has put the control of obesity on its official agenda, the Ministry of Health said Monday.

The authority aims to keep the percentage of obese Chinese adults within 12 percent and adolescents within eight percent, said Deputy Director Kong Lingzhi at the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau.

The ministry said it has documented 120 million obese nationals. More than 12 percent of children are above normal weight, and one third of those under 17 are at risk from at least one cardiovascular problem, estimated the monthly publication "Obesity Reviews" by the International Association for the Study of Obesity.

Education, cultivated behavior and food additives all have an impact on childhood obesity, said Kong.

The official plan promotes the intake of low salt, low fat, low sugar and low calorie foods, and will include at least one physical exercise for students at primary and secondary schools.