www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

Nation
'Diet therapist' faked credentials to provide nutrition counseling
2010-Jun-4 07:53:22

 'Diet therapist' faked credentials to provide nutrition counseling

Copies of Eat Out the Diseases You Have Eaten by Zhang Wuben are exhibited in a bookstore in Yichang, Hubei province on May 18. Liu Junfeng / for China Daily

 'Diet therapist' faked credentials to provide nutrition counseling

Workers demolish Zhang Wuben's clinic Wubentang, located at the Beijing Olympic Stadium Center, on Tuesday night. The building was identified as an unauthorized construction. File photo

'Diet therapist' faked credentials to provide nutrition counseling

In search of quick health fixes, public susceptible to fad advice

SHANGHAI - Increasing attention to heath and rising disappointment with the current medical system are causing millions of health-conscious Chinese to be easily tricked by profiteers.

Zhang Wuben, a once-popular Chinese diet therapist, who claimed that mung beans and eggplant could cure many chronic diseases, has recently been found to have faked his credentials.

The 47-year-old retired textile worker in Beijing began to spread his "magic" diet regimen in lectures last year. Moreover, despite consultation fees of up to 2,000 yuan ($294) and months of waiting, thousands of patients went to Zhang's clinic seeking out food therapies.

The medicine Zhang prescribed, however, was simply mung beans, eggplant, yam or corn. Some investors even called him a "perfect salesman" for the recent price surge in mung beans, as people rushed to buy it as a remedy for disease.

"Zhang's popularity reflected increasing public attention to health and a huge demand for health-related products. That's why many health products are on the market now, though many of them are probably illegal," said Wen Jun, professor of East China Normal University Institute of Social Development.

"On the other hand, the public's disappointment with conventional treatment in hospitals forced some people to turn to alternative methods. The difficulty and high cost of getting medical service keeps them away from hospitals and has them seeking quick solutions.

"Their eagerness for health was captured by some businessmen and was easily exploited," he said.

Zheng Yi, a 30-year-old Shanghai resident, shows his despair when talking about his "terrible experience" in a hospital.

"My wife suddenly got a fever two years ago and we immediately went to a famous local hospital where a low-spirited doctor checked my wife carelessly," he said. "We spent quite a long time queuing up for medical checkups, which cost us more than 1,000 yuan. But the doctor, looking at a pile of inspection reports, said the cause was uncertain. You cannot imagine how depressed my wife and I were at the time," Zheng said.

On Wednesday, Zhang Wuben's clinic, Wubentang, located at the Beijing Olympic Stadium Center, was demolished as "unauthorized construction".

During the investigation, health department officials said they did not find any evidence of illegal medical practice by Zhang, who claimed to just give diet and nutrition consultations rather than medical advice.

"The issue is probably intertwined with the lack of related laws and guiding principles," said a doctor from Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital who declined to be named.

"The country has specific laws on medical service, which restrict any illegal medical practice. But it is still a blind zone when it comes to health and nutrition consultation. Some people like Zhang take advantage of the loopholes in the law to amass a great fortune," she said.

Wu Gang, deputy director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said regulating the health industry is a priority.

"We are planning to formulate and revise the standards for admittance into the health industry and to strictly enforce market admittance," Wu said.

Officials also said they will publicize more information about health, meeting the needs of the public and phasing out fake experts.

In addition to participation in TV talk show programs, Zhang Wuben also put his theories in a book entitled Eat Out the Diseases You Have Eaten, as well as on DVDs, which have reportedly sold over three million copies nationwide.

Kang Ning, an employee of the China Association of Chinese Medicine, told China Daily that Zhang's book is "full of loopholes", which is likely to be harmful to health.

"Many parts of his theory are fundamentally wrong. He didn't have a systematic study of Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, which requires years of work," Kang said.

"There are too many parallel health books or TV programs. For ordinary people, it is very hard to find out the correct information. Who should we trust?" said 58-year-old man Xue Haijun, Zhang's big fan.

Zhang's book has now been taken off shelves in many book stores, though the move was not the result of demands by the related departments.

"So far, we didn't receive any notice to suspend the selling of the book. But we decided not to sell it, out of consideration for our readers," said an employee surnamed Wang from the Popular Bookmall.

Beijing Wangfujing Xinhua bookstore said earlier this year that it can sell hundreds of similar heath books.

"But after Zhang's case, sales of similar books have gone down. Some times we cannot sell one of them," a staff member of the book store said.

"People should seek health advice from authorized and reliable medical sources, rather than believe any man on the basis of his bare words," Kang Ning said.

The China Association of Chinese Medicine is currently planning to publish a book in which 10 of the country's most authorized health experts are invited to give scientific health guidance to the public.

China Daily

(China Daily 06/04/2010 page4)

[Jump to ]
Nation | Biz | Comment | World | Celebrity | Odds | Sports | Travel | Health
ChinaDaily Mobile News
m.chinadaily.com.cn
To subscribe to China Daily, call 010-64918763 or email to circu@chinadaily.com.cn
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产成人亚洲精品老王 | 一区二区在线播放福利视频 | 成人在线免费视频播放 | 亚洲 欧美 日韩 在线 中文字幕 | 日本特黄特色高清免费视频 | 手机在线观看一级午夜片 | 一级看片| 日本三级香港三级少妇 | 免费国产一区二区三区 | 国产成人精视频在线观看免费 | 久久99精品久久久久久青青91 | 在线日本视频 | 韩国一级毛片在线观看 | 国产精品国产亚洲精品看不卡 | 欧美一级免费在线观看 | 成年人国产视频 | 香港av三级 | 狠狠色丁香婷婷综合小时婷婷 | 美女免费黄视频 | 99re66热这里只有精品免费观看 | 亚洲欧美日韩国产vr在线观 | 久久精品免视着国产成人 | 看全黄男人和女人视频 | 久章草在线观看 | 美女黄网站色一级毛片 | 国产三区视频在线观看 | 看欧美毛片一级毛片 | 欧美一级毛片免费看高清 | 97超级碰碰碰久久久观看 | 普通话对白国产情侣自啪 | 久久狠| 97国产在线视频 | 成人看的一级毛片 | 国产大学生自拍 | 亚洲久久久久久久 | 国产一区二区三区不卡免费观看 | 永久免费毛片在线播放 | 欧美日本一区二区三区 | 亚洲免费人成在线视频观看 | 国产成人久久久精品毛片 | 成人网中文字幕色 |