Young have problems with weight, eyes
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Obesity and poor eyesight among Chinese youth continue to rise, a national survey has found.
The Ministry of Education published on Wednesday the results of a survey conducted last year on 116,631 10-year-old students and 79,078 14-year-old students from schools across the country.
Among 10-year-olds, 8.8 percent were obese, while 38.5 percent had poor eyesight.
It is noteworthy that those figures were up from 6.9 percent and 36.5 percent from 2015.
For 14-year-olds, 9.7 percent of those surveyed were overweight.
And that was a 2.2 percent rise from the 2015 survey, while 68.8 percent were short-sighted, rising from 65.3 percent in 2015.
Despite the negative trend, other major indices assessing students鈥 physical health were positive.
And 93 percent of 10-year-olds and 85 percent of 14-year-olds were said to have reached the required standard for speed, strength and endurance.
The Ministry of Education also surveyed the sporting facilities of the students鈥 schools 鈥 92 percent of primary schools had at least one basketball court. And 47 percent were equipped with football pitches.
Among middle schools, 99 percent had basketball courts and 67 percent had football pitches.
Despite a consistent improvement in the standard of living across the country, the physical health of China鈥檚 youth has not improved since the mid-1980s.
A survey published by the Ministry of Education every five years showed that the average physical condition of Chinese adolescents declined between 1985 and 2010.
The downward trend was not arrested until 2015, after the government introduced a series of policies designed to encourage physical exercise among the general public.
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