About 73 percent of Chinese netizens are in sub-healthy state
with 70 percent of them suffering from psychological problems,
according to a survey conducted by 39.com.
The survey said 73 percent of the 150,000 respondents have
dizzy, insomnia and arthralgic problems and half of them suffer
from stomachache from time to time.
More than 70 percent netizens have suffered amnesia, anxiety and
scatterbrained problems, however, 90 percent of them never resort
to psychological doctors, the survey showed.
Surfing on the Internet kills netizens' time for physical
exercise. 51.4 percent of the respondents said they spent less than
3 hours every week in taking exercise and 12.5 of them didn't do
any exercise in the last half year.
The Internet also sharply reduces users' time for sleeping. The
survey said that 84 percent of them sleep for less than eight hours
a day.
Statistics showed the number of Internet users in China hit an
estimated 162 million by the end of this June.
Sub-healthy state, referred to a functional change without
organic pathological process, is a transitional stage between the
health and illness.
Previous report said that the number of Beijingers with
sub-healthy conditions accounted for 75.31 percent of the whole
population.
(Xinhua News Agency September 17, 2007)