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November 29, 2007
Dancing Little Emperors
Marketplace examined the rise in childhood obesity in China and the country's effort to curb the problem, which includes dance classes. In the story, James Rice of Tyson Foods, who has worked in China since the 1980s, observed the change in diet over the last two decades:
Twenty years ago, if you went to a Chinese person's home as a guest, the snacks they would have put out on the table to receive a guest, it would have been hot tea, and then seeds, or vegetables, fruit and nuts. And of course those were the only choices in China in those days . . .[Today, you get] Coca-Cola, 7-Up, Pringles potato chips, Frito-Lay snacks, and these sort of processed foods.
You can read the transcript or listen to the audio of the Marketplace story here.
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