Chinese scientists at the Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital estimate
that sixty percent of the city's taxi drivers have high blood
cholesterol.
The researchers say sixty percent of the 100 interviewers who
work as taxi drivers have high blood cholesterol. China Radio
International reported Monday.
About forty percent are overweight and thirty percent have high
blood pressure or high blood sugar.
Experts say over ten hours in the restricted space every day may
seriously increase fat deposition on waists of the taxi
drivers.
Midnight snacks, drinking and smoking are all reasons for the
high blood cholesterol.
(CRI.com August 31, 2004)