{ Living in China: Study finds obesity may be a growing problem among kids in Shanghai }
Researchers are concerned that obesity may become a bigger problem among children in Shanghai after completing a study that found kids here have almost the same average height and weight as those in the United States, Shanghai News Times reported. The research team, under the leadership of Jiang Yifang, dean of children nutrition at the Children Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, found that boys aged 10 to 15 were slightly taller and heavier on average than those in the US...
Posted at 2pm on 07/08/08 | no comments | Filed Under: health, united states, living, shanghai, china, trends | read on
{ China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: India, China, and Brazil sees highest jump in millionaires }
India, China, and Brazil saw bigger growth in the millionaire population last year than anywhere else, and wealth in the Asia-Pacific is expected to grow nearly 8 percent a year to 2012 despite a slowdown in the world at large, a survey showed. The number of millionaires in the Asia-Pacific grew 8.7 percent from a year ago to 2.8 million people and their combined wealth soared 12.5 percent to $9.5 trillion US dollars, excluding the value of their homes and consumables, Merrill Lynch and Capgemini said at a news conference in Singapore recently...
Posted at 9am on 07/06/08 | no comments | Filed Under: population, brazil, korea, india, living, china, socialism, consumer behavior, trends, wealth | read on
