Clinics to take on nation's waistline

Guideline instructs major hospitals to open targeted weight management facilities

All major hospitals in China will establish weight management clinics by the end of next month, according to a guideline released last month by the National Health Commission and National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The requirement applies to all general hospitals, pediatric and traditional Chinese medicine hospitals under direct administration by the commission, the administration and provincial-level authorities.

Other tertiary hospitals at the top of the nation's three-tier hospital system are also encouraged to establish weight management clinics.