China has made a plan to help its people with weight control. The plan was introduced at this year’s “Two Sessions” (两会). Under the plan, there will be ____1____ working on diseases caused by obesity (肥胖症) in hospitals all over the country. They will give ____2____ advice on how to lose weight. This shows China ____3____ people’s health.

Obesity has ____4____ increased in China over the past 40 years. People are eating more and exercising ____5____. By 2021, more than 400 million adults were too heavy. According to a study in a medical magazine, this number will rise to 630 million by 2050.

Being heavy can be harmful to our ____6____. It causes many diseases. Big cities like Beijing and Shanghai have already started the fight against obesity. They use ____7____ ways to help people lose weight. These include healthy diets and traditional Chinese medicine. At the same time, people in the ____8____ also need help because obesity has been on the rise since 2005 in town and country areas.

We can see many ways to lose weight in social media. However, they can be dangerous. So China is now making medicine to help ____9____ weight safely.

The government is calling for the support of hotels, schools and businesses. For example, schools are teaching students about healthy ____10____. In some cities, junk food isn’t allowed to be sold at or near schools.