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In Hong Kong, the Department of Health (DH) has recorded a rising trend of obesity among primary school children, from 16.4% in the school year 1997/98 to 21.3% in 2007/08 |
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In 2007/08, 317,368 primary school students had attended health assessment. Of these 317,368 students, 67,612 (21.3%) students were found to be obese. |
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The DH has also found that childhood obesity poses a growing threat to public health and creates significant socioeconomic burden to society |
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