As Obesity Rises, Chinese Kids Are Almost as Fat as Americans

Two boys do sit-ups during a 20-day summer camp for overweight teenagers in Shenyang in Liaoning province.European Pressphoto Agency

China’s getting fatter and it’s weighing down the future of its children.
The country is now No. 2 for obesity, with its number of obese residents outstripped only by the U.S. Its obesity rate has skyrocketed over the last three decades, resulting in 46 million obese Chinese adults and 300 million who are overweight, according to a study by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Published in the medical journal The Lancet, the study analyzed weight trends in 188 countries and found that more than 28% of Chinese adult men and 27% of the country’s adult women are overweight or obese.

Panic as explosion rocks Abuja this morning

There was panic in the Kurudu, Jikoyi community in the outskirt of Abuja this morning after a loud explosion was heard. Residents in the area were reportedly seen running for safety when they heard the loud bang.

It was initially thought to be a bomb blast but a Spokesman for the Nigerian army assured people it wasn't, explaining that a rock blocking a new road being constructed from Karishi to Apo in the Abuja city centre, was blasted with dynamites to help free the road and allow construction to continue

Nigerian lady found dead in her hostel room in South Africa

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At least 10 dead in attack on Somalia's parliament building

 

Mogadishu, Somalia -- Al-Shabaab militants launched an attack Somalia's parliament headquarters Saturday, leaving at least 10 people dead and more than 11 others wounded, witnesses and officials said.

Members of the parliament were among those wounded after gunmen loyal to the al Qaeda-affiliated terror group stormed the facility in Mogadishu, according to witnesses and official accounts.

Fighters used automatic rifles, heavy machine guns and explosives in an attack that lasted more than three hours, witnesses said.

Mohamed Madale, a police spokesman, said security forces later secured the building after the fighters blew themselves up. He said the security forces killed several fighters during the attack.

TOP 10 WAYS TO MAKE WOMEN CHASE YOU

 

We did a small poll during one of our extended lunch sessions-that of asking who’s the “man of the moment”. All we men came up with various stories of our winning over women. Some success stories included approaching like a gentleman, talking her into his charms within minutes of meeting and dropping compliments with panache much before dropping her home. But not one story was about how they made those gorgeous lasses chase them. And the prettier sex agreed too: they love it when their man is not so easy to get and they have to chase him. So we devised 10 simple ways to make the ladies swoon and follow us!