Bangkok People Living Unhealthily: Poll

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Bangkok Poll: Bangkok people living unhealthily

BANGKOK, 28 May 2011 (NNT) – A number of Bangkok people do not have healthy lifestyles as some of them neither sleep adequately nor eat three meals a day, according to a recent survey by the Bangkok University Research Institute (Bangkok Poll).

The survey was conducted with 1,196 respondents in Bangkok from 22 to 25 May 2011 as 28 May is the National Health Recommendations Day. The respondents were questioned about their health and how they take care of themselves.

49.2% of the respondents did not eat three meals per day while 52.1% did not sleep more than seven hours a day. 10.5% of the respondents also had defecation problem. 32.4% had never undergone physical health examination.

22.1% of the respondents admitted that they had chronic diseases. The top three chronic diseases among the city dwelling respondents include high blood pressure at 5.9%, followed by allergy and diabetes at 4.2% and 2.3% respectively.

As for their leisure time, 88.7% of the respondents watched television shows and listened to radio programmes. 60.8% chatted with others via phones. 52.8% and 44.6% enjoyed reading and using computers respectively. 43.2% and 40.1% preferred to exercise and shopping respectively.

Asked how they took care of their health, 41.9% of the respondents took vitamin, supplementary food or herbs. 15.6% went to acne and skin treatment courses. 12.0% of the respondents went to fitness centres to lose weight and get fit.

-- NNT 2011-05-28

[Awohalitsiktoli]

They are living unhealthy lifestyles. But what is worse is they are living in a cesspool that is filled with some of the most unhealthy air imaginable. It is a perfect-storm-double whammy! And the undertaker is smiling

[rkidlad]

Indeed. Most of the girls in my office admit to only getting 5-6 hours of sleep a night. They're busy 'playing Facebook' as they say.

Most drink milk instead of eating food for certain meals. I don't think many of them exercise regularly, and basically they sit on their asses all day looking at a computer screen.

City living, hey!

[IMA_FARANG]

Yes, it's the effects of what they assume is a "wealthy western lifestyle". When I grew up in the U.S. in the 1960's and 1970's almost no one I knew, except for those who played on high school or college sports teams went to a Gym to "workout". That's why my generation in so overwieght/obese/downright fat. At least today in the U.S. many of today's generation DO go to "workout" regularly.

Hopefully the Thais will also change their attitude soon too. I and my Thai wife have to fight a continuous battle with her teenage daughter that Kanoom and sweats are not a proper meal. The advertisements on Thai television don't help.

[Awohalitsiktoli]

Yes, it's the effects of what they assume is a "wealthy western lifestyle". When I grew up in the U.S. in the 1960's and 1970's almost no one I knew, except for those who played on high school or college sports teams went to a Gym to "workout". That's why my generation in so overwieght/obese/downright fat. At least today in the U.S. many of today's generation DO go to "workout" regularly.

Hopefully the Thais will also change their attitude soon too. I and my Thai wife have to fight a continuous battle with her teenage daughter that Kanoom and sweats are not a proper meal. The advertisements on Thai television don't help.

American food has never been what most people would call "healthy." But I do think the biggest change--at least since computers became popular--has been more time sitting on one's ass staring at a computer screen (like I am doing now) and more access to "fast food". Certainly Thais eating Western food leads to obesity. I see no change in Thai eating habits except bad changes. Also, poverty, which seems to be increasing all across Thailand, leads to obesity. Poor Thai people tend to eat a lot of those deep-fried, greasy hot dogs you see all over. I see many very young kids now who are fat, fat, fat (too bad).