Tian-Jiao Chen, Bin Dong, Yanhui Dong, Jing Li, Yinghua Ma, Dongshan Liu, Yuhui Zhang, Yi Xing, Yi Zheng, Xiaomin Luo, Fangbiao Tao, Yanqing Ding, Peijin Hu, Zhiyong Zou, Bailin Pan, Ping Tang, Dongmei Luo, Yunfei Liu, Luo Li, Geffrey Nan Li, Xiaobo Tian, Xiaona Huang, Yi Song, Jun Ma, Susan M Sawyer
China is home to the second largest population of children and adolescents in the world. Yet demographic shifts mean that the government must manage the challenge of fewer children with the needs of an ageing population, while considering the delicate tension between economic growth and environmental sustainability. We mapped the health problems and risks of contemporary school-aged children and adolescents in China against current national health policies. We involved multidisciplinary experts, including young people, with the aim of identifying actionable strategies and specific recommendations to promote child and adolescent health and wellbeing...
April 18, 2024: Lancet