China s Fat Camps for Kids: Inside the Chinese Child Obesity Crisis, Documentary

Child obesity has skyrocketed in China, and authorities are attempting to counter the problem with Prisonlike fat camps for kids, run by soldiers. Victim of a terrible famine in the early 1960s that killed nearly 20 million people, China is now facing a new scourge: obesity. 100 million Chinese people are overweight. The overconsumption of fat and sugar coupled with sedentary lifestyles and the onechild policy have caused rates of obesity to skyrocket. Although it is a disease particularly prevalent among adolescents, affecting 20 of boys and 10 of girls, even babies are being born at more than six kilos. A phenomenon never before seen in the countrys history. Expansion and economic growth have changed the lifestyles of Chinese people, who are now consuming more and more Westernstyle food. Traditional Chinese food, which is generally quite healthy, has been replaced by junk food and the portions have doubled or even tripled. Television shows, smartphone applications, doctors an