Monday, August 12, 2019

Obesity: China's Big Problem



After famine comes obesity. 101 East explores China's unconventional methods for getting its citizens fit and healthy.


It is sunrise at a camp for teenagers in China. One by one, they file out of their dorms, some still rubbing the sleep from their eyes.
As they hurry into formation for morning exercises, former soldiers bark orders at them - jump higher, run faster, squat lower.
For these children, there is just one aim - to lose weight.
"It will be difficult, it will be exhausting, but I really have no choice," says 15-year-old Dushuai. "I absolutely have to lose weight."

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