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The city's ignorance of childhood obesity has been highlighted in a survey that has prompted doctors to call for people to wake up to the problem.
About half of the people questioned did not know that breast-feeding reduces the chances of children becoming overweight.
Around 40 per cent did not know that inadequate sleep led to childhood obesity.
And only one-third thought childhood obesity was a problem in Hong Kong.
Department of Health figures show that the obesity rate in the city's primary school children increased from 16 per cent in 1998 to 21 per cent last year.
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1267470/ignorance-fuels-obesity-children-say-doctors
About half of the people questioned did not know that breast-feeding reduces the chances of children becoming overweight.
Around 40 per cent did not know that inadequate sleep led to childhood obesity.
And only one-third thought childhood obesity was a problem in Hong Kong.
Department of Health figures show that the obesity rate in the city's primary school children increased from 16 per cent in 1998 to 21 per cent last year.
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1267470/ignorance-fuels-obesity-children-say-doctors