减重就能拿学分? 天津大学出新招倡导学生健康减肥!
"Hold on! Five seconds left!" Twenty students gathered in a circle, holding a plank in a gym in northern China's Tianjin University. It was a course offered by the university, through which students can lose weight while earning two academic credits or additional awards such as bikes and swimming cards if they reached a weight-loss target. "I ate a lot but seldom did exercises on campus," said Ma Wenzhuo, a sophomore student with the university. He hopes to shake the fat off and become handsome. Ma was the first batch of 20 students, selected from 107 applicants, who joined the 21-day weight-loss course. The course was open to students with a body mass index over 26. "We provided various courses including kickboxing, yoga and qigong, a system of breathing and exercise designed to benefit both physical and mental health, to improve students' strength, endurance, speed and dexterity," yoga teacher Jin Shiyu said. Eating too much with high amounts of fat and calories and doing little exercises have led to an increase in obesity. Obesity has become an increasingly serious problem in China. Statistics released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2017 showed 30 per cent of Chinese adults are overweight, and 11.9 per cent obese. |