BANGKOK, Nov 22 – Six Thai health institutes have pledged to work together in collect and assess information and knowledge to fight obesity among the public.
Prof Dr Kriang Tangsanga, chief of the Royal College of Physicians of Thailand (RCPT), presided at the signing ceremony of the crackdown on obesity. The country’s medical curricula will be adjusted to promote understanding and responses to overweight problems.
Obesity is a silent threat to the Thai public’s health, he said. According to 2012 survey, 34 per cent of Thai adults faced overweight problems.
Twelve per cent of children under 12 years old and 16 per cent of children aged 12 to 14 years face similar problems.
In the overall picture, more than 16 million Thai people across the country are overweight.
Of this number, 48 per cent are persons of working age, and women.
The cooperation of health institutes will help tackle obesity in all age groups.
Six institutes are the Royal College of Physicians of Thailand (RCPT), the Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Pediatricians of Thailand, the Royal College of Family Physicians of Thailand, Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation.
