Summer weight reduction camp

An overweight Chinese boy eats his lunch after a weight reduction class in Beijing July 16, 2004. Obesity has become a big headache for many families who are allowed only one child and spoil their offspring. More than 20 percent of Chinese adults and about 1.7 billion of the planet's six billion people are overweight, according to the International Obesity Task Force. The World Health Organisation has declared obesity a global epidemic. [Reuters]

An overweight Chinese boy does sit-ups during a weight reduction class in Beijing July 16, 2004. Obesity has become a big headache for many families who are allowed only one child and spoil their offspring. More than 20 percent of Chinese adults and about 1.7 billion of the planet's six billion people are overweight, according to the International Obesity Task Force. The World Health Organisation has declared obesity a global epidemic. Picture taken July 16, 2004. [Reuters]

An overweight Chinese boy does sit-ups during a weight reduction class in Beijing July 16, 2004. Obesity has become a big headache for many families. More than 20 percent of Chinese adults and about 1.7 billion of the planet's six billion people are overweight, according to the International Obesity Task Force. The World Health Organisation has declared obesity a global epidemic. Picture taken July 16, 2004. [Reuters]

Overweight Chinese children perform a dance during a weight reduction class in Beijing July 16, 2004. Obesity has become a big headache for many families who are allowed only one child and spoil their offspring. More than 20 percent of Chinese adults and about 1.7 billion of the planet's six billion people are overweight, according to the International Obesity Task Force. The World Health Organisation has declared obesity a global epidemic. Picture taken July 16, 2004. [Reuters]