Too Fat or Too Skinny?

7 May 2010 - A study, commissioned by the Center for Food Safety, involving 5,008 people aged between 20 - 84 found that Hong Kong people eat a healthy diet, yet 47% is overweight. That does not make sense, does it? The study found that people have a healthy intake of vegetables and fruits, and are careful with red meat, salt and sugar. People also claimed to have a minimal intake of soy sauce. Yet, the study did not explain why 47% was considered overweight or obese, and why men were considered to be more overweight. Maybe most alarmingly was that 8.5% (that is 426 people!) was underweight, mainly young women. Maybe this could be a trigger to do something about the silly advertisements in the MTR with skinny women portraying a happy and healthy image?