'Idle' Thais told to get active
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Thais spend more than half the day – over 13 hours on average – doing very little and only two hours of physical activity, according to a survey by the Mahidol University’s Institute for Population and Social Research.
If the trend does not reverse, the population will continue to be plagued by obesity and other health problems.
“In fact, people should engage themselves in physical activities for six hours a day,” Public Health Minister Pradit Sinthawanarong said Monday.
According to the survey, Thais sleep 8.2 hours on average and are physically idle for over five more hours each day.
Pradit said a strategy had been drawn up to promote physical activities for people such as walking and bicycling. “They should do such activities on a daily basis.”
The Nation
