Singaporeans becoming fatter
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Singaporeans getting fatter
By Hetty Musfirah Abdul Khamid | Posted: 07 November 2010 1639 hrs
SINGAPORE: The problem of obesity is getting worse in Singapore.
The latest National Health Survey shows the obesity rate has increased from 6.9 per cent in 2004 to 10.8 per cent this year.
This year's National Healthy Lifestyle campaign is thus adopting a more holistic approach to help Singaporeans fight the flab.
More than 1,000 people turned up at the launch of the campaign by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.
They tried out the new Singapore Workout that includes traditional dance moves.
The message is for Singaporeans to get healthy together and combat obesity.
Health Promotion Board (HPB) CEO Lam Pin Woon said: "Based on the National Health Survey, the obesity rate is definitely on the upturn.
"This is very alarming for us; we do not want to be in the same situation like the other western countries where the obesity rate is that one in three of the population is obese.
"For now, our obesity rate is (about) 10 per cent - that's already very alarming, and we have to do something about it.
"This year, we want to create a social movement (and) get everyone to see the value of having a healthy weight (and) enjoy life by being healthy".
The HPB attributes the rise in obesity here to a lack of physical activity and a more sedentary lifestyle.
The National Health Survey found that 54.1% of Singaporeans do not exercise.
Mr Neville Dotival, who lost about 18kg over three months to weigh 88.8kg, said: "I feel a lot better, I feel more energetic, I can play more with my kids.
He added that he is now fit enough to join his sons in activities during school events such as Sports Day.
HPB's Youth Health Division director K Vijaya said: "There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that chronic disease including obesity has its roots in pre-natal and the early developmental stages of one's life.
"As a result of this evidence, we are shifting our obesity prevention efforts further upstream, to the pre-natal and early years of one's life.
"We will be empowering parents to nurture health lifestyles, among their children.
"We are coming up with guidelines, strategies to provide a conducive environment for this purpose such as baby friendly hospitals that support breast feeding.
"In addition, we will be coming up with guidelines to prevent indiscriminate advertising of food and beverages to children".
Other efforts include getting those from the food industry to develop lower calorie food products and meals, to cut some 25 billion kilocalories from Singapore's food supply by 2013.
HPB also intends to roll out a nationwide Body Mass Index survey every two to three years to better monitor obesity trends.
-CNA/wk
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hurray to an obese singapore!!
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As expected, people can't walk 3km plus eat fried food somemore.
Woodlands to sembawang cannot walk. People these days are as lazy as pigs.
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from observation, i see more and more young obese kids but dun recall seeing that many obsese teenagers
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Too many fatties around...all should go on diet or exercise....><"
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If someone thinks the Singapore Workout is going to help, they're kidding themselves. It has all the intensity of a warm-up exercise. And just look at how unhealthy the cheapest options at the hawker centres are - it's usually slathered in refined oil and lacks vegetables. Desserts and soft drinks don't help either.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
If someone thinks the Singapore Workout is going to help, they're kidding themselves. It has all the intensity of a warm-up exercise. And just look at how unhealthy the cheapest options at the hawker centres are - it's usually slathered in refined oil and lacks vegetables. Desserts and soft drinks don't help either.
Aboslutely correct
The SG workout is a sham.........i remembered doing it once and almost fell asleep
The hawker food is authentic though
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It might help if they do it for more than 30 minutes continuously (like they will) AND not go back to being a couch potato.
The easiest way to slim down/ keep fit is to keep moving, walking around
Yeah unfortunately the food in singapore are all quite unhealthy. You can't even find healthy food easily.
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the thing about diet most people get wrong is when they don't eat at all...
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We have monoploy game too...many pple eat and eat hoping to eat good prices.
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Originally posted by Deino:
the thing about diet most people get wrong is when they don't eat at all...
and end up eating more.. like me...
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Originally posted by likeyou:
We have monoploy game too...many pple eat and eat hoping to eat good prices.
LOL...and they never win.. cos old uncle throw the Sentosa Cove stub away....
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repeat
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Originally posted by hairycrab138:
LOL...and they never win.. cos old uncle throw the Sentosa Cove stub away....
hahaha...everybody is still searching for sentosa cove, but heard that it already won by someone. -
Originally posted by likeyou:
hahaha...everybody is still searching for sentosa cove, but heard that it already won by someone.who?
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Originally posted by hairycrab138:
who?
I heard it from someone sitting next to me. -
Originally posted by likeyou:
I heard it from someone sitting next to me.Ic... LOL...
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how not to grow fat with such a streeful lifestyle?
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They are just short of saying singaporeans are complacent about their health.
But, seriously, we need to keep our health in check as most of us eat outside for dinner and lunch.
So, before it is too late, we have to maintain a active lifestyle.
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the day i grow fat will be the day all hope is lost...