{"id":98177,"date":"2014-07-18T08:11:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T04:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=98177"},"modified":"2014-07-18T08:11:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T04:11:39","slug":"inside-chinas-fat-camp-how-middle-class-children-are-beasted-into-shape-to-prepare-them-for-life-in-the-worlds-largest-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=98177","title":{"rendered":"Inside China\u2019s fat camp: How middle-class children are beasted into shape \u2018to prepare them for life in the world\u2019s largest economy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/summer-camp-China3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-98170\" alt=\"\u0549\u056b\u0576\u0561\u057d\u057f\u0561\u0576\u0578\u0582\u0574 \u0563\u0565\u0580 \u0565\u0580\u0565\u056d\u0561\u0576\u0565\u0580\u056b \u0573\u0561\u0574\u0562\u0561\u0580 \u0567 \u0562\u0561\u0581\u057e\u0565\u056c\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/summer-camp-China3.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/summer-camp-China3.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/summer-camp-China3-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/summer-camp-China3-447x300.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Donning swimming caps and goggles, they stare wearily ahead as they stretch their arms by the side of an outdoor pool.<\/p>\n<p>These middle-class children are among numerous overweight youngsters taking part in a gruelling fat camp at a university in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p>They have been sent to the summer camp by their parents in a bid to get them into shape and to prepare them for the challenges of life in one of the world&#8217;s largest economies.<\/p>\n<p>On a daily basis, they are forced to swim, run, lift weights and perform exercises under the supervision of strict Chinese trainers.<\/p>\n<p>They are also required to undergo medical and weight checks by professional nurses at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Obesity is a growing problem among the burgeoning middle-class in China. According to recent studies, the country is now the second fattest in the world behind America.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/\">\u0531\u0576\u056f\u0561\u056d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Donning swimming caps and goggles, they stare wearily ahead as they stretch their arms&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":98170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,224,155,137],"tags":[12533],"class_list":["post-98177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-news","category-other-countries","category-world","tag-chinas-fat-camp","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}