Appetite grows for meal replacements in China

Products gaining attention from food and beverage companies, investors

As China's overweight population increases, meal replacement products are attracting much attention from food and beverage companies as well as investors.

A study published in The Lancet Medical Journal in 2016 showed that 10.8 percent of men and 14.9 percent of women in China were obese, bumping the United States into second place in terms of overweight population.