A therapist massages a worker suffering from “office syndrome” in Din Daeng district, Bangkok. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
A new study highlights the need for Thais to exercise more to ensure good health, with 76% spending seven hours or more sitting down each day, Health Department director-general Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai said.
Dr Suwanchai said the study was jointly conducted in 2021 by the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Health and the office of International Health Policy Programme (IHPP). Its report was now complete.
The study considered health information gathered from 78,717 people in 77 provinces.
The report concluded that Thai people had become largely sedentary, with 76% of them sitting down for seven…
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