Fattening up Taiwan: the nation’s childhood obesity problem
Children from lower income and less educated areas are shorter and chubbier than their higher income counterparts
By Michael Turton / Contributing reporter
I’m entering my fourth decade here, but the changes in Taiwan I’ve experienced have largely been so positive that I can find little to be nostalgic about. I don’t miss the private phones that cost one New Taiwan dollar to use, the mad traffic or the constant queue jumping. But I do ponder my students and from time to time, wonder where the skinny ones all went to.