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Most Hong Kong people believe they don't get enough sleep and are too fat, a new survey has found. 
Less than one in five people say they  sleep for long enough, according to the survey by American International Assurance. Meanwhile, 70 per cent think they need to lose weight. 
On average, Hong Kong people sleep 6.6 hours a night but say they would like to  get 8.3 hours of sleep.  In contrast, people in Macau say they sleep an average of 7.2 hours. 
Researchers interviewed 605 people in Hong Kong and 150 in Macau over the past two months. Given a choice of 14 health issues, respondents in both cities ranked lack of sleep as their number one concern, followed by 'lack of exercise' and 'too much stress'.
'Having a happy frame of mind' was ranked the top health priority in Hong Kong, but second in Macau. 
But a leading doctor said it was the quality, not the length, of sleep that counted most.  
'Eight hours is not a golden rule; six hours would be enough in general,' said Hong Kong Medical Association president Dr Choi Kin, who was not involved in the survey.
'Some people may be able to train themselves to require less sleep.' 
When asked about how satisfied they were with their health, Hong Kong respondents gave an average mark of 6.2, out of a scale of 10.
Elsie Lai Oi-sze, project director of TNS, the research agency which conducted the AIA survey, said this was relatively low. Three out of four people said that their health was not as good as it was five years ago. Lai said Hong Kong's obsession with losing weight may have to do with the  prevalence of slimming advertisements and the culture  they engender.




We're too fat and don't get enough sleep, Hongkongers say