Fatal obesity case sets the alarm bells ringing

The death of a 22-year-old man in Rizhao, Shandong province, who weighed nearly 300 kg when he died from lung and heart failure, should serve as a wakeup call to China's growing problems with obesity, according to an expert.

Sun Liang died in the People's Hospital of Rizhao at around 3 pm on Sunday after doctors were unable to revive him when his heart beat suddenly dropped.

He had been receiving treatment at the hospital since early April for ailments caused by obesity. Sun was unable to walk before he was admitted.