Physical conditions of China's adult population.

Abstract

Physical monitoring shows the physical conditions of 71.4% of Chinese adult population have reached required standards, of which men are 71.2% and women 71.7%, according to a report prepared by the China National Physical Culture Association. Monitoring indicates the actual average height is 169.2 cm for men and 158.6 cm for women. The average weight is 66.5 kg for men and 56.8 kg for women. The monitoring was conducted in 1997 and the first half of 1998 among 105,328 men aged 18-60 and women aged 18-55 from Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Chongqing Municipalities and other 15 provinces and autonomous regions. The sequence for the five categories of the adult population in China from high to low in terms of physical conditions is as follows: teaching staff and scientific researchers, public servants and administrative personnel, workers, workers employed in commercial and service trades, and farmers.