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A fact from Obesity in China appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 August 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that between 1992 and 2002, more than 60 million people became obese in China?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/August.

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I'd been planning to start this for ages (since June 2008 at the very latest), but it looks like the recent BMJ article and subsequent press coverage has moved someone else to do it first. Anyhoo, I compiled a much larger list of academic sources at the time, and since I'm on WP less for now, someone else might want to see what they can do with them; I always reckoned there was a featured article worth of material in this lot:

Campbell, T. Colin (October 28, 1998). Energy Balance: Interpretation of Data from Rural China. Reston, Virginia: Conference on the Role of Diet and Caloric Intake in Aging, Obesity, and Cancer. {{cite conference}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
Rosenthal, Elisabeth (December 9, 1999). "Beijing Journal; China's Chic Waistline: Convex to Concave". The New York Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
Smil, Vaclav (1999-12-18). "China's great famine: 40 years later". British Medical Journal. 319: 1619–1621.
"China battles obesity". BBC News. 23 May, 2000. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
"Obesity Sickening China's Young Hearts". People's Daily. August 4, 2000. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
"China's growing band of veggies". BBC News. 25 June, 2002. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
"Chinese concern at obesity surge". BBC News. 12 October, 2004. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
"200 mln Chinese overweight, obesity expected to rise sharply". People's Daily. 13 October, 2004. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
"Obese Chinese now total 90 mln, to hit 200 mln in a decade". Xinhua. 18 June, 2005. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
"70% Chinese want to get slimmer: survey". Xinhua. 18 June, 2005. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
"China warned of obesity time-bomb". BBC News. 18 June, 2005. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Wang, Y (2006-05-02). "Is China facing an obesity epidemic and the consequences? The trends in obesity and chronic disease in China". International Journal of Obesity (31): 177–188. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803354. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
Markey, Sean (August 8, 2006). "Obesity Explosion May Weigh on China's Future". National Geographic. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
Fu,, Yangfeng (2006-08-19). "Overweight and obesity in China". British Medical Journal. 333: 362–363. doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7564.362.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
Coonan, Clifford (16 November, 2006). "The new cultural revolution: How Little Fatty made it big". The Independent. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
MacLeod, Calum (9 January, 2007). "Obesity of China's kids stuns officials". USA Today. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
Liu, John (January 10, 2007). "Doctors gain from bulging obesity in China". International Herald Tribune. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
Faehnders, Till (January 18 2007). "Obesity may be China's new scourge". Deutsche Presse-Agentur. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
Watts, Jonathan (June 5, 2007). "China targets childhood obesity with compulsory dancing". The Guardian. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
Cheng,, Tsung O. "Letter to the Editor: Fast food and obesity in China". Journal of the American College of Cardiology (42): 773. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00792-7.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
Beck, Lindsay (May 9, 2008). "New health woes as China moves from famine to feast". Reuters. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

Unfortunately, beyond the bare sources I don't have much to provide. I definitely compiled a graph of obesity rates using the WHO's figures up to 2002, but I'm darned if I can find it. The article itself that I'd written wasn't much more than a bare outline though. More or less as follows:

* ==Historical background==
       ===The Great Famine===
       ===Opening of China to Western business===
          (Success of McDonalds & KFC.)
* ==Related issues==
    (Hypertension, cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes, dyslipidaemia, metabolic syndrome.)
    (Although total mortality rate (per 100 000) decreased, overall the mortality rate and contribution (as percentages) to total death of obesity-related chronic disease increased, in particular, in rural areas.)
* ==Responses==
    (Actions taken by government, individuals. Increasing sales of diet products. Surgery. Health clubs/fat farms.)

Hope this helps. If I ever get the time I'll try and come over and assist. Regards, --DeLarge (talk) 18:19, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New Lancet Report

The Lancet recently produced a three-paper series on obesity in China. I don't have time to read all the articles and then edit the existing Wikipedia article. Here is the series -- https://www.thelancet.com/series/obesity-in-china — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.148.176.172 (talk) 10:38, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't make sense

So, why is "Obesity in China is a major health concern according to the WHO" when "overall rates of obesity [are] between 5% and 6% for the country?" They're much higher in MANY other countries. See the chart 3:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klyVkBjARyU 76.202.192.102 (talk) 22:11, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]