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Wide shot kids at \"fat camp\" jogging toward camera2. Close-up feet as kids jog3. Medium shot kids jogging toward camera4. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin): Zhang Yue,...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eBeijing and Guangxi Province, China - August 7-8 and recent\u003cbr/\u003eBeijing    \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot kids at \"fat camp\" jogging toward camera\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close-up feet as kids jog\u003cbr/\u003e3. Medium shot kids jogging toward camera\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin): Zhang Yue, student\u003cbr/\u003e5. Medium shot Ou Yang collapses onto mat\u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium shot kid running in place\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close-up feet of kid who is jumping rope\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close-up face of kid who is jumping rope \u003cbr/\u003e9. Medium shot Ou Yang trying to crouch-walk under rope, gives up\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin): Ou Yang, 14 year old student\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot from behind instructor\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close-up instructor Lin Guo\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various kids exercising\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin): Lin Guo, physical education instructor\u003cbr/\u003eGuangxi Province\u003cbr/\u003e15. Women harvesting rice in field\u003cbr/\u003e16. Woman lifting and carrying bundle of rice stalks\u003cbr/\u003eBeijing\u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium shot, girl lifted into father's arms in front of \"Ronald McDonald\" figure in front of McDonald's restaurant\u003cbr/\u003e18. Customers ordering food in McDonald's restaurant\u003cbr/\u003e19. Overweight young girl eating french fries in McDonald's\u003cbr/\u003e20. Parent and daughter outside McDonald's being asked question by off-screen reporter (parent later said that daughter had cried and demanded to be taken to McDonald's)\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide shot entry hall of Mayflora Weight Loss and Body building Research Centre\u003cbr/\u003e22. Doctor examining overweight boy\u003cbr/\u003e23. Cutaway mother of overweight boy listening to doctor\u003cbr/\u003e24. Doctor measuring belly of overweight boy\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin): Shu Yu Zhang, General Manager, Mayflora Weight Loss and Body Building Research Centre\u003cbr/\u003e26. Overweight boy in exercise class in Mayflora exercise room\u003cbr/\u003e27. Class doing exercises in Mayflora exercise room\u003cbr/\u003eMandarin/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eChina's growing wealth is also leading to bulging bellies for Chinese children.\u003cbr/\u003eIn a country which has battled hunger for thousands of years, many parents are happy to now have the means to let their kids stuff themselves.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Chinese health experts are now warning of serious medical consequences if the problem of child obesity continues to spread.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's the middle of the summer school holiday in China, but these chubby children aren't getting a break.\u003cbr/\u003eYears of overeating has landed them in what's referred to here as \"fat camp\" -- a regimented program of exercise designed to trim them\u003cbr/\u003edown.\u003cbr/\u003eNot that they are arguing -- most, like this 15 year old, say they know what they have to do, and why they are here.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Because I'm too fat! I came here to exercise and lose some weight.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Zhang Yue, student\u003cbr/\u003eFourteen-year-old Ou Yang says it's the most difficult thing he's\u003cbr/\u003eever done.\u003cbr/\u003eMore than two straight hours of running, jumping, stretching and\u003cbr/\u003esweating.\u003cbr/\u003eStudents of Beijing's Number 204 Middle School pay 150 yuan, or 18 U-S dollars, for the one-month program.\u003cbr/\u003ePupils from other schools can join in for 200 yuan (24 U-S dollars).\u003cbr/\u003eAn estimated 10 to 12 percent of this generation's urban children is believed to be seriously overweight, and the percentage is growing.\u003cbr/\u003eHealth officials believe that just eight years ago, only two to four percent of children were overweight.\u003cbr/\u003eAlmost two decades of relative stability and prosperity have created the conditions which allow these kids to focus on some serious eating.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter living through years of suffering and deprivation, many parents are only too glad to let the kids have their way.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)\u003cbr/\u003e\"My grandmother made me like this! When I come home from school I\u003cbr/\u003edon't even need to say anything and my grandmother always makes some delicious food for me.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Ou Yang, student\u003cbr/\u003eExperts cite doting grandparents and the traditional belief that fat children are healthy children as a major factor in childhood obesity.\u003cbr/\u003eInstructors here say the kids need more than exercise -- their way of life, they say, needs an overhaul as well.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)\u003cbr/\u003e\"These fat kids run very slowly because they are lazy -- and we want to strengthen their will through exercise and train them to advance bravely with no fear.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Lin Guo, physical education instructor at \"fat\u003cbr/\u003ecamp\"\u003cbr/\u003eApproximately eighty percent of China's population continues to live and labour in rural areas.\u003cbr/\u003eMany still struggle each year just to insure that their family has enough to eat.\u003cbr/\u003eBut China's cities have changed -- and here in the capital Beijing, new wealth has opened up more leisure time and discretionary spending.\u003cbr/\u003eWestern fast-food restaurants have sprouted and spread, and many of these youngsters are eating much more fat and meat than found in the traditional Chinese diet.\u003cbr/\u003eParents say they simply can't refuse when their children cry and demand to go to McDonald's.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Chinese health professionals are growing increasingly alarmed about the problem -- and they say the time has passed when parents\u003cbr/\u003ecould indulge their children so freely.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Mayflora Weight Loss Centre treats child obesity through diet, medicine and exercise.\u003cbr/\u003eProfessor Shu Yu Zhang believes China's one-child policy is a contributing factor in weight gain among the young.\u003cbr/\u003eKnown as the little emperors for being pampered by their parents, these children receive significant attention, often in the form of food.\u003cbr/\u003eUnlike previous generations that were much more likely to play outside, today's kids stay inside, watch television, and play video games.\u003cbr/\u003eThe founder of the Centre says she knows she is fighting an uphill battle, but she says that too much is at stake for the society.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)\u003cbr/\u003e\"This will affect the quality of our population, affect the lives and health of our next generation. These kids will be the pillar of our society after the year two-thousand. However, with such fat bodies, poor mental health and weak character, they will not be able to assume responsibility for the society.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Shu Yu Zhang, General Manager, Mayflora Weight Loss and Body Building Research Centre\u003cbr/\u003eIt will likely take more than exercise to slim this generation down.\u003cbr/\u003eChinese have always regarded heft as a sign of health and good fortune, and attitudes take a long time to change.\u003cbr/\u003eLuckily for these kids, they've begun to make a start.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='action-container flex justify-between'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' aria-label='Read more description' class='rp-full-description' type='button'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cspan id='read_more'\u003eRead More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-report'\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv 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