People in Thailand spend too much time sitting on their backsides, a new study reveals.
The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) revealed that 76% of Thai people spend seven hours or more sitting down, underlining the need for the nation’s population to get off their arses and engage in more physical activity to improve their health and wellbeing.
MOPH director-general Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai reported that the study was jointly conducted in 2021 by Thailand’s health department, and the office of International Health Policy Programme (IHPP).
Suwanchai announced that the report is now finished.
The study analyzed health information from 78,717 people across 77 provinces in Thailand. The results showed that Thai people have become largely inactive, idle, or deskbound, with the majority spending seven or more hours sitting down each day. This increase in this lazy behaviour…
