People Of Singapore Very Concious Of Their Weight

The use of slimming pills in Singapore is very low...

We reported last week on the fact that the Brazilian people were the biggest users of diet medication and this week we have come across information from the same United Nations report that shows that the people of the tiny state of Singapore are the most weight conscious people in the world. This does not mean that they use a lot of diet pills but just that they consider being slim and trim extremely important.

The people of Singapore are generally of normal weight and the obesity rate for the country is only 1.6%. This is even more incredible when one considers that so many of its people live in the city which traditionally produces more obese people than the countryside. This United Nations report showed that America’s obesity problem is now almost 40% at 39.2%. This is a terrifying statistic and will cost the American people billions of pounds in the near future in medical care for obesity related disease. Obesity is defined by the United Nations as having a Body Mass Index ration of more that 30.

Despite such low levels of obesity 30% of the people of Singapore reckon that they are overweight and that they need to do something about their weight and 50% of these people said that they would possibly use weight loss medication.

While the use of slimming pills in Singapore is very low the trend to use them is becoming stronger. Ukmedix News is very concerned about the use of illegal and dangerous weight loss medication like Duromine or Panbesy that is freely prescribed in some countries including Singapore. These medications have not been properly tested and often cause dangerous side effects even death in some cases.

The Chinese traditional diet of rice and chicken and fish is a healthy diet and this is partly the reason for the good health of the people of Singapore the majority of who are Chinese.