Poor diets harming youth

BEIJING - Wang Ziyu, a 14-year-old middle school student in Shanghai, rarely eats breakfast. And even when he does, his meal typically consists of fried foods cooked in the school canteen, "which are meant to appeal to students' tastes".

"I leave for school at 6:30 am every day and find it inconvenient to have breakfast on the bus," Wang said.

The boy, who weighs more than 90 kg, is now heavy enough to be considered obese. Cases like his are not rare among the young in China.