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Obesity targeted in national regulation
By Huo Yongzhe (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-18 05:32
Starting from the mid-1990s, a food nutrition programme has been launched in
the schools of some of the large cities. Presently, more than 300,000 students
consume nutritionally-balanced meals, every day from 50 enterprises and over 200
school-affiliated dinning halls in Beijing, and in Shanghai, the number is
150,000 from 30 enterprises.
"Proven expertise tells us that nutritional meals are the best solution in
the fight against malnutrition and nutritional excess in schools," said Yu
Xiaodong, director of the Centre for Public Nutrition and Development of China,
a government-sponsored institution affiliated to the State Development and
Reform Commission.
Regarding the founding of the national nutrition working committee, Yu
announced that the new governmental department will combine all the nutrition
and health functions from ministries of health, agriculture, education and
development and reform commission.
Currently, the plan is still under discussion within the State Development
and Reform Commission. "I do not care whether it will be a ministry or a
department, but there should be one body in charge of the function," said Yu,
but admitting that the plan is still in a preliminary stage and still requires
more time to be completed.
Experts said that the plan could face many challenges, as presently the
central government is reluctant to add more administrative
departments.
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