Dr. Huang says no studies have been done in the ROC from childhood to adulthood, so no scientifically based conclusions can be drawn. From studies abroad, however, we know that over 60 percent of children 20 percent or more overweight grow up to be overweight adults. Given the evidence, perhaps it is time for Chinese to change the traditionai equation of fat with fortune.
不過歐美、日本的研究結果，或許可以透露其中的玄機，「如果在兒童期超過標準體重百分之廿以上，至少有百分之六十以上的人，在成年時仍會是個胖子」，黃伯超教授說，這樣的統計結果值得家有小胖的父母注意。