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| China on Brink of Heart Disease 'Epidemic' | |
| 2015-03-14 | |
The findings published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology are based on data from 96,000 men and women in the general Chinese population. Health was classified as ideal, intermediate or poor according to seven behaviors and lifestyle factors set out by the American Heart Association: smoking status, body mass index, physical activity, diet, untreated total cholesterol, untreated blood pressure, and untreated fasting plasma glucose levels. Just 0.2 percent of men and women in world's most populous country were found to be in "ideal" cardiovascular health, the study found. Only five percent of men and 22 percent of women ranked "ideal" in terms of four leading health factors: body mass index, physical activity, diet and not smoking. Cardiovascular disease is currently the leading cause of death in China, and the prevalence of diabetes in China has more than doubled over the past decade. "Without effective intervention, cardiovascular disease will become epidemic in the near future in China," said the study led by Yufang Bi and senior author Guang Ning of Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. "Of the seven metrics, adhering to a healthy diet was the least common among all cardiovascular health metrics at 1.6 percent and similar between men and women," said the study. Doctors urged China to adopt a nationwide strategy for improving the health of its citizens. "While China is tremendously advanced technologically, the country faces a terrible burden of cardiovascular disease, as demonstrated by this study and others," said Valentin Fuster, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. "The nation would benefit from a strategic country-wide approach aimed at lessening each of the risk factors, along with regional and individual educational efforts." | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 There may be an epigenetic effect of childhood starvation of grandparents which manifests as cardiovascular disease in the grandchildren. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-03-14 12:24 |
| #6 Several of the college students I know, who have spent several months at a time in China in the last 3-4 years, have said they lost a lot of weight on the food they ate while there - mostly school cafeteria food & food they got at restaurants they went do. This was not from food poisoning, but due to a change in the content of the diet. They gained nearly all of it back as soon as they got back to the states and resumed their usual diet. None is or was obese. I was researching school/institutional menus for Chinese primary & middle schools, and found several that had a special menu for obese children. Some of the senior staffers of the language program look malnourished and stunted (to my medical eye), which I guess may be due to famine in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The staff born after 1980 look much healthier, and are all very slim, and on the short side. Childhood starvation by itself can cause cardiovascular complications late in life. One thing about smoking, the fraction of Chinese needing old age pensions will be rather small. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-03-14 12:23 |
| #5 Apparently an all Chinese food diet isn't super-healthy. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-03-14 10:22 |
| #4 BYD stands for "Bring Your Dog" - Hit the link in the above comment - you'll figure it out. |
| Posted by: Slolung Chager2657 2015-03-14 10:09 |
| #3 Or Warren Buffett and his Chinese car company |
| Posted by: Slolung Chager2657 2015-03-14 10:06 |
| #2 ..don't leave out every pet shop and toy store while you're at it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-03-14 09:58 |
| #1 Sitting too long at the sewing machines. I blame J.C. Penny, Cabellas, Gander Mountain, etc. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-03-14 08:36 |