Chronic Disease Rises Sharply In China

Fully 25% of China's adult population suffer from hypertension and almost 10% have diabetes. The analysis was part of a ten-year study conducted by China's National Health and Family Planning Commission. Chronic diseases result from poor dietary habits, sedentary life styles and smoking, the report continued, though longer average lifespans also have an effect. The government plans an all-out education offensive to prevent the occurrence of chronic disease, and it pledged to develop best-practice use of western-style drugs and TCM products to treat chronic disease, once it occurs.

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