Hong Kong’s youngsters more glued to their screens than 2 years ago and their physical fitness is alarmingly low, study finds
- The ‘2018 Hong Kong Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth’ paints a bleak picture for younger generation
- Parents also do poor job in limiting children’s screen time to below two hours per day
Children and teenagers in Hong Kong are more glued to electronic screens than they were two years ago and spend less time exercising with their parents, a study has found.
The physical fitness of local youths was also alarmingly poor – far behind many other places in Asia including Japan and Taiwan, Chinese University’s research suggested.
Experts behind the study called for a project to tackle issues including parents’ long working hours and academic pressure to improve the health of the city’s younger generation.
“The key message of our report this year is ‘active families, healthy kids’,” said Professor Stephen Wong Heung-sang, chairman of the university’s sports science and physical education department, who co-led the study.
“It’s time for us to reflect on whether we have sacrificed too much quality of life for economic advancement.”
