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Chinese students taller but weaker, survey finds
By Liang Yiwen |
April 25, 2011, Monday
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COMPARED with their Japanese and Korean peers, Chinese high school students are the tallest but the poorest in physical fitness, according to a new health report.
Chinese students asked for sick leave more frequently than students in other countries and they are more worried about their health condition.
The report is based on a survey of 1,280 high-school students in China, 1,113 in Japan and 3,933 in South Korea. The Chinese part of the survey was carried out by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
The survey found that the average height of Chinese students is 168.17 centimeters, compared with 167.61 for South Korean students and 164.70 for Japanese students.
The report also found that 71.6 percent of Korean students never asked for sick and injury leave during their high school years. It is 53.1 percent for Japanese students and 45.4 percent for Chinese students.
Yang Xiong, a Shanghai Academy of Social Science researcher, said that high school students seldom ask for sick leave because of the pressure of their studies, which can partly reflect their health.
Moreover, 25.9 percent of Chinese students think they have poor health, higher than the 19.6 percent of Korean students and 19.3 percent of Japanese students.
The report also found the Chinese students touched alcohol and smoking earlier than students of other countries.
About 70 percent of Chinese students have drunk alcohol while only 50 percent of Korean and Japanese students reported the same experience.
Chinese high school student seem to have more sleep than their peers in South Korea and Japan. About 57.9 percent of Korean students sleep less than 6 hours a day, compared with 46.6 percent of Japanese students and 30 percent of Chinese students.
In mental health, the study found that Korean students suffer the least negative moods – depression, anxiety and anger. Chinese and Japanese students suffer almost the same amount of negative moods.
Yang urged Chinese parents to offer more support to their children and talk more about the side effects of smoking and alcohol.
Chinese students asked for sick leave more frequently than students in other countries and they are more worried about their health condition.
The report is based on a survey of 1,280 high-school students in China, 1,113 in Japan and 3,933 in South Korea. The Chinese part of the survey was carried out by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
The survey found that the average height of Chinese students is 168.17 centimeters, compared with 167.61 for South Korean students and 164.70 for Japanese students.
The report also found that 71.6 percent of Korean students never asked for sick and injury leave during their high school years. It is 53.1 percent for Japanese students and 45.4 percent for Chinese students.
Yang Xiong, a Shanghai Academy of Social Science researcher, said that high school students seldom ask for sick leave because of the pressure of their studies, which can partly reflect their health.
Moreover, 25.9 percent of Chinese students think they have poor health, higher than the 19.6 percent of Korean students and 19.3 percent of Japanese students.
The report also found the Chinese students touched alcohol and smoking earlier than students of other countries.
About 70 percent of Chinese students have drunk alcohol while only 50 percent of Korean and Japanese students reported the same experience.
Chinese high school student seem to have more sleep than their peers in South Korea and Japan. About 57.9 percent of Korean students sleep less than 6 hours a day, compared with 46.6 percent of Japanese students and 30 percent of Chinese students.
In mental health, the study found that Korean students suffer the least negative moods – depression, anxiety and anger. Chinese and Japanese students suffer almost the same amount of negative moods.
Yang urged Chinese parents to offer more support to their children and talk more about the side effects of smoking and alcohol.
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