Health Performance of Residents in SCHEs

The expeditious urbanization in China is accompanied with urban spatial expansion and lifestyle transition, contributing to the health transition from infectious diseases to chronic diseases. The twenty years has seen an obvious and speedy increase in the prevalence of obesity of Chinese population, leading to chronic and cardiovascular disease. In particular, the middle-income population is getting fat fast with the changes of diet and lifestyle, especially the physical activity. For mental health, the prevalence of mental disorders of Chinese people has been underestimated, including both clinical disorder and everyday psychopathology such as anxiety and stress. In addition, these health implications of suburbanization have been less discussed in Chinese context. Thus, this chapter presents the findings of the analysis on the general health of the residents in SCHEs.