Expert: Eat more rice, but less meat
( 2003-12-17 17:16) (China Daily)
Local health experts cautioned
that Shanghainese need to eat more rice instead of meat, Jiefang Daily reports.
A message from a recent health forum held by the city government and relevant
research institution revealed that most male Shanghai residents take only 0.25
kilograms of rice per day, with even a half for a Shanghai woman on average.
The figure was only three-fourths of that in the 1980s.
Meanwhile, the ingestion of pork by Shanghainese on average has surged 108
per cent over the level in the 1980s. Local experts warned that such a tendency
might cause more diseases such as high blood pressure and cardiovascular
disorders.
Statistics show that currently nearly 15 per cent of Shanghainese over 35
have high blood pressure, compared with only 6.9 per cent in 1959.
Currently, more than 1.2 million people in Shanghai have high blood pressure,
nearly half of whom suffer severe from related symptoms, according to statistics
with the local health authority.
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