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Singapore plans to restrict advertising for ?unhealthy? food and drink aimed at children, as countries across Asia grow increasingly concerned about obesity rates.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said ?obesity rates are going up?.?.?.?with more fast foods and sedentary occupations? even as more Singaporeans were exercising and fewer were smoking.
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About 11 per cent of adults in the island nation of 5.3m are considered obese, compared with an OECD average of 17 per cent and over 35 per cent in the US. An obesity epidemic has raised alarm in the US and Britain over rising healthcare costs associated with diabetes and other weight-related ailments.
Singapore is not the only country in Asia dealing with a rise in obesity. Hong Kong, which like Singapore is densely populated, has one of the highest obesity rates in the region at almost one in five of the population. In mainland China, 3 per cent of people were obese in 2009, according to the latest OECD data. The figure in Japan was 3.9 per cent and in India it was 2.1 per cent.
Singapore has seen a rise in obesity as people increasingly eat fatty foods. About 60 per cent of Singaporeans eat out four times a week or more, mostly in ?hawker stalls? and food courts scattered across the city state that sell cheap dishes based on rice and noodles that are often heavy on cooking oil. Fast food outlets such as McDonald?s and KFC are also popular.
Singapore?s health ministry said it was ?reviewing the need to strengthen standards? for advertising to children of food and beverages that are high in fat, sugar or salt. A ministry spokeswoman said the government would have ?full guidelines? after the results of a public consultation, due to start next month.
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