Almost nine out of 10 people in Hong Kongs have deteriorating health, according to a survey commissioned by insurance company AIA Group. In the poll of 600 Hongkongers, 86 per cent said their health was not as good as five years ago. It's the highest rate in the region, where 10,245 adults aged 18 to 65 years across 15 territories were surveyed. Although 65 per cent of Hongkongers indicated a desire to lose weight, eight in 10 said spending time online prevented them from getting enough exercise. Among Hongkongers under the age of 30, only 61 per cent exercised regularly at an average of 2.3 hours per week.
Women who exercise during pregnancy could be setting their child up for better heart health in adulthood, according to a new study in the journal . The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists recommends 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on most or all days of the week. In the study, pregnant pigs exercised 20 to 45 minutes on a treadmill for five days a week. The regimen had a major effect on vascular function in the swine's adult offspring, which the researchers say may have implications for future risk of cardiovascular disease.
In the article on flat-head syndrome titled "Out of shape", published on October 9, 2013 in the , Dr Hannah Tsang Yee-hoi, a specialist in paediatrics, was misquoted as saying that syndromal disorders were anxiety and depression. This is incorrect. Examples of syndromal disorders are Apert syndrome and Down's syndrome. These are just two examples of syndromes that need to be ruled out by the absence of other clinical features before a child can be diagnosed as having positional plagiocephaly.
