Thai health knowledge rising: study

By The Nation

 

 

Consumers in Thailand choose “healthier” food and drink over exercise and the trend has not changed over three years, according to Nielsen, a global analytics company.

 

The report said Thai consumer understanding and perception of health and wellness is increasing. 

 

More than 90 per cent of consumers say that they consume healthy beverages regularly and more than 80 per cent consume healthy food regularly. 

 

“With the change in macro factors, be it ageing population, environmental issues, urbanisation or higher penetration of internet and mobile adoption, we can see that consumers’ needs and behaviour become more complex with massive digital and social engagement influencing their decision making.

Consumers are becoming more discerning of their product choices, especially when it comes to healthy offerings. While tracking the changes that consumers are making in their lives and shopping carts, manufacturers need to find the right value proposition and choose the credible source of information to promote healthy products and services benefits which will help drive meaningful growth.” said Viraj Juthani, director of Nielsen Thailand.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Economy/30367144

 

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Consumers in Thailand choose “healthier” food and drink over exercise... 

No surprise there as the path of least resistance always prevails here.

is this another april fools joke? lol. i see fatter and fatter thais every year. 

43 minutes ago, johnnykak said:

is this another april fools joke? lol. i see fatter and fatter thais every year. 

 

Same could be said for 90% of the older western males here too, to be fair. Hence, it's not really for us to throw stones from our glass house?

19 minutes ago, SammyT said:

 

Same could be said for 90% of the older western males here too, to be fair. Hence, it's not really for us to throw stones from our glass house?

Most of them are alcoholics. 

I see a lot of Thais running and cycling.  My wife is freaking out because she can't run with all the smoke these days.  Can't wait for it to rain and clear the air.

most "health" news on most sites even famous newspapers is just bullocks

 

they are journalists, not food experts

 

they just see an article and take over the info

 

same as MD's are brainwashed to believe everything big pharma sponsored universities teach them

 

specially never to look beyond what they learned

 

they have 300.000 Us$ loans to be paid back and the easiest way is to see a patient for 5 to 8 minutes, prescribe them many pills some big pharma representative came to explain them,they could get KICKBACKS in free holidays or good old plain CASH and there you go

 

they have 0 to 20 hours of the importance of real clean food on health

 

healthcare is dead, it never existed, it is SICK CARE

 

0 baht / $  used in PREVENTION

 

that would save many nations their "free" or affordable healthcare system

 

 

"More than 90 per cent of consumers say that they consume healthy beverages regularly and more than 80 per cent consume healthy food regularly." 

 

In a culture where the ancient peasant belief of obese children being "healthy" and a status symbol of wealth, I doubt that the Thai consumer has any idea what "healthy" is. Go to any Phad Thai stand or restaurant, and the largest bowl on the table is filled with sugar. I doubt that the crowds of children hanging out at 7- Eleven or soft drink stands are there for health food. I would venture to guess that the research method utilized in creating this report would not come close to meeting any scientific standard. 

Edited April 5, 20197 yr by jaltsc

12 hours ago, SammyT said:

 

Same could be said for 90% of the older western males here too, to be fair. Hence, it's not really for us to throw stones from our glass house?

why not??

if this is true will their knowledge of dtiving skills improve??

Very much doubt it !!!

Sadly even though that may be true, Thais still eat a lot of crap food, and as they are hypocondriacs, health is always uppermost in their minds, but they make poor choices. Seeing the doctor for nothing problems. 

5 minutes ago, Khun Paul said:

Sadly even though that may be true, Thais still eat a lot of crap food, and as they are hypocondriacs, health is always uppermost in their minds, but they make poor choices. Seeing the doctor for nothing problems. 

very true......go to hospital if they have  a cold or the sniffles, when no need to do so !! this is why hospitals are so bust especially Government ones

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

More than 90 per cent of consumers say that they consume healthy beverages regularly and more than 80 per cent consume healthy food regularly. 

I consume healthy beverages and eat healthy food regularly........but sad to say most of what I eat and drink definitely doesn't fall into the healthy category.

 

Just another example of statistics being manipulated to produce the result required.

Traditional Thai food is pretty healthy, apart from too much use of the frying pan and unhealthy palm oil. The problem for Thais is their growing love affair with fashionable Western-style fast food.

 

It pains me to see already obese Thai youngsters waddling into shopping mall cinemas clutching buckets of popcorn and outsize styrene containers of cola. In the end, it all comes down to parental influence - and we know how how that tends to play out here.

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

More than 90 per cent of consumers say that they consume healthy beverages regularly and more than 80 per cent consume healthy food regularly. 

Yes yes yawn.... water, rice... consumed regularly... tick.

the question instead should reflect how many regularly consume unhealthy foods and beverages, which, I am sure, will come out at 100% on both accounts.... thereby changing the survey findings.

 

since relocating here, I have noticed the numbers of fat Thais rise from it being a scarecity to it being damn near normal, or at least, not unusual