Word: nauruans
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...week told that the island's neglected mooring facilities require substantial repair. The only economic cheer comes from the asylum-seeker processing center set up by Australia, which has the island's hotel fully booked with staff and migration officials. Criticized in Australia, the center is supported by the Nauruan government, which this year received $A22.5m in funding from Canberra. The center serves three meals a day, and many Nauruans feel the asylum-seekers are better fed than they...
Alas, the Nauruan experience, while extreme, is not unique. Asia, for instance, lags behind the U.S. and Europe in its obesity statistics, but Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and the Philippines have all reported troubling increases in recent years. In China, where a one-child-per-family policy has created millions of spoiled and overnourished children (feeding a phenomenon known as little-emperor syndrome), the rise in childhood obesity is particularly alarming. Up to 10% of China's 290 million children are believed to be overweight or obese, and that percentage is expected to have doubled a decade from...
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