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Article: China not to allow adoption by obese foreign parents.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- December 25, 2006
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China not to allow adoption by obese foreign parents
Beijing, Dec 25 (PTI) China has imposed stricter criteria on foreigners who want to adopt Chinese children, especially obese applicants.
The director of the China Centre of Adoption Affairs under the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xing Kaimin confirmed a highly disputed criterion that applicants should not be overweight, a rule that is likely to affect applications from the United States.
According to the new guidelines which go into effect from May one, the applicants must have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than 40, 'China Daily' reported.
BMI is a measure of body fat based on height ...