Eating Worms

7 Jan 2010 - Female students in China have been eating roundworm eggs to lose weight for job interviews, all because employment is so hard to come by in China.The eggs hatch in the stomach, allowing those who take them to shed pounds without exercising or dieting. But swallowing the worms or its eggs is extremely dangerous, and definitely not to be recommended for those wanting to shed pounds in the New Year. Unemployment in China stands at 22% and the size of the labour pool has grown by 112 million people over the last decade to more than one billion people. It was also reported that other people stare for hours at pictures to suppress their appetite so they can shed weight.  The unemployment problem is in particular high in rural areas. Jobs in cities are being created quickly as China undergoes a rapid transformation into a developed country. The country's urban population will rise to over 700 million people by 2015, outstripping the rural population for the first time.