A latest national survey has found that over half of China's
netizens are suffering from various mental problems although some
62 percent of them claim at the same time that they are happy on
the whole anyway.
This is the result of China's first White Paper on Netizens'
Health Conditions issued on Wednesday by 39.net, China's largest
authoritative website on health sciences. It is the first most
comprehensive health survey on netizens health situation ever
conducted in China in ten years time.
The white paper came out after two months of online and offline
research that involved over 150 thousand netizens, covering topics
and questions on health knowledge, mental situation, sense of
health, and living habits.
According to the white paper, more than 70 percent of China's
netizens say they are suffering from mental problems such as bad
memory, anxiety, depression, and a lack of confidence. And a
similar 72 percent of them also say they are often suffering from
diseases like insomnia, dizziness, joint degeneration and
aches.
Meanwhile, another 53 percent of netizens believe that white
collar employees who have bigger work pressures are more likely to
catch mental problems.
The white paper adds, doing almost no sports and spending long
times surfing online lead to the above mentioned health problems
among netizens. Only 9 percent of netizens take up sports on
weekends while over 40 percent stay home, surfing. And only 16
percent netizens can assure more than eight hours' sleeping
daily.
At present, China has a netizen population of 162 million, with
a monthly consumption of 186 yuan, or about US$25, on internet
surfing.
(CRIENGLISH.com August 24, 2007)