Health of Chinese Students A Great Concern

Despite improving health conditions of Chinese students aged 7-22 on the whole in recent years, some problems still exist. These include increasing obesity, a high rate of nearsightedness, weakening physical and vital capacities and a low level of health care for rural students. These are the results released by the Education Ministry through a monitoring network established in 2002 in 14 provinces (municipalities or autonomous regions) including Beijing, Inner Mongolia and Liaoning. The…