Lack of obesity awareness weighs on Hong Kong’s public health

It is nearly 30 years since the World Health Organization (WHO) classified obesity as a disease linked to a range of severe illnesses. It remains a worry that this has had little impact on public perception of the condition over recent years. The latest survey of 1,000 residents by the Hong Kong Association for the Study of Obesity shows reason for concern. It revealed that 27.2 per cent were obese, nearly 5 percentage points more than in a previous study in 2018. Nearly 20 per cent were...