China has experienced many drastic social and economic changes and shifts in people's
lifestyles since the 1990s, in parallel with the fast rising prevalence of obesity. About half of …

China has one of the largest populations with obesity in the world, and obesity has become
a major challenge for the country's health-care system. Current guidelines for obesity …

Chinese society is making efforts to address the rising obesity and chronic disease
epidemic. 3 In this context, in 2015, two of us (YW and YY) initiated a project that aimed to …

The proportions of people with type 2 diabetes and obesity have increased throughout Asia,
and the rate of increase shows no sign of slowing. People in Asia tend to develop diabetes …

Obesity has become a major public health issue in China. Overweight and obesity have
increased rapidly in the past four decades, and the latest national prevalence estimates for …

Obesity is the leading public health concern in Mexico and has been on the rise for the past
30 years. Its evolution has been illustrated by four nationally representative health and …

China has a large burden of diabetes: in 2013, one in four people with diabetes worldwide
were in China, where 11· 6% of adults had diabetes and 50· 1% had prediabetes. Many …

However, the notion that obesity is a disease and not merely a risk factor for other illnesses
remains highly controversial, both within and beyond medical circles. This debate …

The prevalence of diabetes in China has increased substantially over recent decades, with
more than 100 million people estimated to be affected by the disease presently. During this …

Bommer and colleagues1 report that the cost of diabetes worldwide was US $1· 31 trillion, or
1· 8% of the global gross domestic product (GDP), in 2015. Their study of the global …