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Nearly 20% of Chinese children ages 7 to 18 are overweight or obese, up from 2.6% in 1985.
Factors driving that trend include rising family incomes, changing eating habits and cultural notions of what's healthy.
As a result, the market for larger kids' clothing is expected to be worth $9.1 billion by 2020.
