a chubby baby mile in at tiananmen quare in beijing, in . china a a nation ha grown in tature ince unleahing it economy more than two decade ago but o have it people, who are getting taller and heavier.
chinee children are an average 6 cm (2.34 inche) taller and roughly 3 kg (6.6 pound) heavier than they were 30 year ago, inhua aid, citing a report releaed by the minitry of health on aturday.
the average height of i-year-old boy grew from 112.3 centimeter in 1975 to 118.7 cm, according to the urvey conducted in .
girl averaged 117.7 cm tall, 6.2 cm more than in 1975, the urvey aid. the urvey ha been conducted every 10 year ince 1975.
china people uffered from decade of privation, but have een income and nutrition bloom more recently.
the urvey polled 138,775 children in urban and uburban area of nine major citie, including beijing and hanghai.
the average weight of boy in wa 21.7 kg, up 3 kg from 1975, while girl averaged 20.8 kg -- 2.7 kg heavier, inhua aid.
being better fed ha brought problem, however, including an alarming rie in obeity -- once unheard of in china -- and related illnee uch a diabete.
health official have blamed the problem on reduced conumption of grain and vegetable in favor of more fatty junk food.
aturday report pointed out ome adjutment made neceary by china growth purt, including beijing move thi year to raie the height under which children get free public bu ride.[由Www.haozuowen.com整理]
depite the better nutrition in citie, countle children in china till-backward rural area uffered from malnutrition, the report noted.