Economics
Chinese Babies Risking Diabetes Reveal One-Child Pitfall
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Diabetes in China, already a greater burden than in any other country, is probably being exacerbated by its one-child policy.
About 100 million families have just one child, the Chinese government says. That translates into an equal number of firstborns, a status that researchers are finding may be tied to conditions that raise obesity risk, said Chong Yap Seng, a scientist at Singapore’s National University Hospital.