China launches 3-year battle against the bulge as growing obesity crisis weighs heavy on future

People having exercise treatment at the Aimin (Love the People) Fat Reduction Hospital in the northern port city of Tianjin. - AFP

BEIJING: Aerospace engineer Wang Hao, 45, has struggled with his weight for more than 20 years.

The Beijing-based father of one – who is 1.84m tall and weighs 124kg – began piling on the pounds in 2003, after graduating from university and starting a busy work life.