China Daily
14th May 2024
China Focus. China in action to guard students from myopia, obesity, spinal curvature
Stand straight, bend slowly and reach down... At Pingshan No. 1 Primary School in Huidong County, south China's Guangdong Province, medics from a local health center instructed students to perform a series of movements to check the health of their spines.
These assessments are part of nationwide efforts aimed at addressing the health concerns among students in China, including issues such as myopia, obesity and spinal curvature.
According to official data, the overall myopia rate for Chinese children and adolescents in 2022 was 51.9 percent, and 19 percent of the country's students aged 6 to 17 were overweight and obese by 2020. Furthermore, 2.8 percent of primary and middle school students were found to have abnormal spinal curvature in 20
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