A survey on the nutritious conditions of kids in Shanghai
reveals that there are 50 percent of girls suffering from weight
problems. Some 10 percent of them are too fat, and another 10
percent too thin.
Obviously, Shanghai people still need to know more about
nutritious diet, as 70.4 percent of the kids have an unbalanced
diet of too much junk food like hamburger and soft drinks.
Over-dieting is a problem among many girls, too, which might
lead to severe eating disorders like anorexia .
Apart from weight problems, the lack of micronutrients,
especially calcium, is haunting the girls, although some 93.1
percent of the responders drink milk every day. Doctors suggest
that parents should offer their kids more milk to solve the
problem.
(chinanews.cn January 15, 2007)