4 . Overweight children and teenagers aged between 5 and 18 in the China mainland 1 (reach) 8.5 million in 2025, a number 2 surpasses (超过) the population of Spain, a study said.
According to the study, among the obese Chinese youth, millions of them 3 (report) to suffer from all kinds of diseases. It also stated that in all there would be 268 million overweight schoolaged children worldwide by 2025, 4 (include) 91 million obese children, if no effective 5 (measure) could be taken to stop the existing trends. Inactivity and the consumption of junk food and soda drink contributed 6 the growing number of overweight 7 (young) in the world. 8 (respond) to the increase of obese children in China, the State Council released a guideline this year. The guideline aimed to prevent more children from becoming obese and it urged that the local government in China 9 (strength) the training of medical staff around children's health and promote knowledge of 10 (balance) eating and drinking habits among their parents.
