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More than half of workaholic Hong Kong people exercise too little
Sep 3, 2009, 4:10 GMT
Hong Kong - The people of Hong Kong would happily spend long evenings in the office but more than half of them cannot spare the time to exercise, a survey released Thursday found.
Forty-eight per cent of people in the high-rise city of 7 million met the minimum requirement of doing moderate or vigorous physical exercise for 30 minutes at least three times a week, according to the survey by the government's Sports Commission conducted in conjunction with Chinese University researchers.
More than 5,000 people were interviewed for the poll, and of the 52 per cent who did too little exercise, 30 per cent said they did not have enough time because of work or study, 17.5 per cent said they were too tired and 14.6 admitted they were just lazy.
Obesity rates have soared in Hong Kong in recent years, particular among children and youngsters because of sedentary lifestyles and growing consumption of fast food.
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