Economic Success Leads to Taller, Fatter Chinese

China's GDP is growing...so are the waistlines of the country's children.

China stands taller now in the world...so do the country's kids.

A survey of 138.775 children in urban and suburban areas of nine major cities revealed that the average boy in China is 6.4cm (2.5") taller now than 30 years ago.

Girls are 6.2cm (2.3") taller. Continue reading...