<p>They hatch in the stomach, allowing those who take them to shed pounds without exercising or dieting in Xiamen, China.<br /><br />But swallowing the worms is extremely dangerous - and definitely not to be recommended for those wanting to shed the pounds in the New Year, reports Daily Mail.<br /><br />With jobs shortages across the country, women in China are under pressure to appear thin if they are to have any chance of landing a role.<br /><br />Unemployment stands at 22 percent - and the size of the labour pool has grown by 112 million people over the last decade to more than one billion people.<br /><br />Other students are staring at pictures for hours on end to suppress their appetite so they can shed excess weight.<br /><br />A student called Xiaomei said that women are using a 'special soap' that helps them with their diets. Some are having up to 10 showers each day.<br /><br />The treatments have no scientific basis and are likely to damage health. In the 1990s Chinese women would take special teas and pills to lose weight. Acupuncture also emerged as a popular choice, the Mail reported Friday.<br /><br />But many students struggle to find work as the world's most populous nation faces big unemployment problems with only 780 million labourers in jobs.<br /><br />However, the work problem is largely confined to rural areas. Jobs in cities are being created quickly as China undergoes a rapid urbanisation.<br /><br />"China is facing huge employment pressures at present and for the foreseeable future," Yi Chengji, spokesman for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said.<br /><br />"As China's urbanisation quickens, employment pressures from the many surplus rural labourers are getting bigger and bigger.<br /><br />"Currently there are about 100 million surplus rural workers that need to be transferred (to urban jobs)."<br /><br />The country's urban population will rise to over 700 million people by 2015, outstripping the rural population for the first time.<br /><br />According to an employment paper, there were 9.21 million registered urban jobless in China at the end of 2009, resulting in just a 4.3 percent urban unemployment rate.</p>
<p>They hatch in the stomach, allowing those who take them to shed pounds without exercising or dieting in Xiamen, China.<br /><br />But swallowing the worms is extremely dangerous - and definitely not to be recommended for those wanting to shed the pounds in the New Year, reports Daily Mail.<br /><br />With jobs shortages across the country, women in China are under pressure to appear thin if they are to have any chance of landing a role.<br /><br />Unemployment stands at 22 percent - and the size of the labour pool has grown by 112 million people over the last decade to more than one billion people.<br /><br />Other students are staring at pictures for hours on end to suppress their appetite so they can shed excess weight.<br /><br />A student called Xiaomei said that women are using a 'special soap' that helps them with their diets. Some are having up to 10 showers each day.<br /><br />The treatments have no scientific basis and are likely to damage health. In the 1990s Chinese women would take special teas and pills to lose weight. Acupuncture also emerged as a popular choice, the Mail reported Friday.<br /><br />But many students struggle to find work as the world's most populous nation faces big unemployment problems with only 780 million labourers in jobs.<br /><br />However, the work problem is largely confined to rural areas. Jobs in cities are being created quickly as China undergoes a rapid urbanisation.<br /><br />"China is facing huge employment pressures at present and for the foreseeable future," Yi Chengji, spokesman for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said.<br /><br />"As China's urbanisation quickens, employment pressures from the many surplus rural labourers are getting bigger and bigger.<br /><br />"Currently there are about 100 million surplus rural workers that need to be transferred (to urban jobs)."<br /><br />The country's urban population will rise to over 700 million people by 2015, outstripping the rural population for the first time.<br /><br />According to an employment paper, there were 9.21 million registered urban jobless in China at the end of 2009, resulting in just a 4.3 percent urban unemployment rate.</p>