摘要
Wealth and waistlines have a tendency to grow together.China's rapidly developing economy has helped raise the standard of living to meteoric heights in recent decades.And while people in the Middle Kingdom are now wealthier,their diets have become'richer'but not better.The country's leading health authority drew attention to the elephant on the scale in a report released last December,revealing that mor re than half(50.7%)of Chinese adults were now overweight-a 27%increase since 2002.