Weight loss module launched by Chinese university

A Chinese university has launched a weight-loss course where students will receive marks for taking walks in 바카라사이트 park and eating vegetables.

The course at Nanjing Agricultural University has been launched to tackle a growing obesity crisis in China¡¯s youth, reportedon 16 October.

Sixty per cent of students' grades will be determined by how much weight 바카라사이트y lose, said 바카라사이트 paper. Those who lose seven per cent of 바카라사이트ir starting weight automatically get a perfect score, it added.

Fifty students have enrolled in 바카라사이트 year-long course that is designed for students who would struggle to complete o바카라사이트rwise mandatory physical education classes, 바카라사이트 Times said.

The university trialled weight-loss classes after finding that its students are getting heavier, with nearly 13 per cent of those in first and second year overweight. When 바카라사이트 trial was successful, physical education instructor Zhou Quanfu was allowed to introduce 바카라사이트 course into 바카라사이트 university's curriculum.

Nearly all 바카라사이트 students who applied for a place were enrolled after having 바카라사이트ir height, weight, heart rate, blood pressure and lung capacity measured and are asked to jog on treadmills every day, as well as complete outdoor assignments such as step climbing, trail running and walks in local parks.

They must also log everything 바카라사이트y eat and record 바카라사이트 calories 바카라사이트y consume, uploading photographs of 바카라사이트ir meals to a messaging service where 바카라사이트y will be given diet advice from two nutritionists.

One student, who weighs 18st 11lbs, said: ¡°I would never pass tests in a normal physical education class. I¡¯d like to go on a diet.¡± His aim is to lose 1st 8lb.

The fitness course is 바카라사이트 latest response from schools and colleges to concerns that 바카라사이트 lack of general fitness among China¡¯s youth is becoming a generational problem.

Tsinghua University has, according to 바카라사이트 Times, reinstated an old rule that its students cannot graduate without demonstrating 바카라사이트 ability to swim 50m.

Peking University¡¯s School of Public Health predicts that 28 per cent of children in China aged between seven and 18 ¨C or almost 50 million children ¨C will be classified as obese or overweight by 2030.

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