Index World Press Photo
May 2006 | Edition Four     


Fifteen-year-old Huang Jiaxin performs weight-reducing exercise at the Aimin Slimming Centre on March 20, 2006 in Wuhan. Hubei Province, China. Doctors in the center have combined acupuncture, exercise and diet to help the 160kg (about 353 pounds) boy lose weight. An official from the Ministry of Health revealed that more than 200 million Chinese people are overweight.



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