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A weight control campaign has been organised during the three month Buddhist Lent, between August 3 and October 30, with the aim of reducing obesity among Thai people.
Some 17 million are considered grossly overweight, ranking the Kingdom fifth in the Asia Pacific region.
The Public Health Ministry, which raised the idea, said weight reduction would be carried out as a way to make merit during the Buddhist holy period, at the minimum rate of four kilos per month for each person.
Deputy permanent secretary Sophon Mekthon said a target of reducing 10,000 tonnes in body weight had been set, with the figure measured in monetary tokens totalling Bt1 million in a fund set up by the ministry.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20120724-360936.html
Some 17 million are considered grossly overweight, ranking the Kingdom fifth in the Asia Pacific region.
The Public Health Ministry, which raised the idea, said weight reduction would be carried out as a way to make merit during the Buddhist holy period, at the minimum rate of four kilos per month for each person.
Deputy permanent secretary Sophon Mekthon said a target of reducing 10,000 tonnes in body weight had been set, with the figure measured in monetary tokens totalling Bt1 million in a fund set up by the ministry.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20120724-360936.html