Survey finds Half of Hongkongers Lack Physical Activity which
Affects Physical and Psychological Health, and Family Relationship
HKU Advocates the Innovative “Zero-time Exercise” Concept
to Improve Health-related Quality of Life and Family Harmony
To help build a more harmonious society and to promote the messages of FAMILY Health, Happiness and Harmony (“3Hs”), The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust collaborated with the School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, to launch FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society (“FAMILY Project”). Kick-off Ceremony of the campaign “Family Holistic Health” and press conference of the “Hong Kong Family and Health Information Trends Survey” (“HK-FHInTS”) results announcement were held today. An innovative “Zero-time Exercise” concept is advocated to encourage citizens to increase physical exercise by simple movements that can be done any time at any places.
Guests of the kick-off ceremony included Dr KO Wing Man, BBS, JP, Secretary for Food and Health; Mr. Anthony CHOW Wing Kin, SBS, JP, Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club and Professor LAM Tai Hing, BBS, JP, Principal Investigator, FAMILY Project; Chair Professor of School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.
A variety of large scale community-based projects under the “Family Holistic Health” campaign will be held all over Hong Kong in the coming two years. It aims to encourage Hong Kong families to do more physical exercise, to promote psychological health and to establish a less sugar and less salt healthy eating habit.
Dr KO Wing Man, Secretary for Food and Health, pointed out that inadequate awareness and knowledge on healthy eating and lack of physical exercise will affect personal health. He encouraged the public to start establishing healthy eating habit, doing regular physical exercise and paying attention to family harmony so as to achieve physical and mental well-being.
Mr. Anthony CHOW Wing Kin, Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, noted that the Club’s Charities Trust has been in collaboration with the School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong since 2007 to launch the FAMILY Project to identify the sources of family problems, devise suitable preventive measures and promote family Health, Happiness and Harmony through a territory-wide household survey, intervention projects and public education. He said, “Hong Kong is facing the challenges of ageing population and chronic disease, we are in need of suitable preventive measures to alleviate the burden of the families and society. As physical activity is essential in promoting physical and psychological health, the FAMILY Project will be focusing on family Holistic Health in the coming two years.”
After the kick-off ceremony, the survey results of the “Hong Kong Family and Health Information Trends Survey” were released by the FAMILY Project team during the press conference. The FAMILY Project commissioned the Public Opinion Programme (POP) of The University of Hong Kong to conduct the HK-FHInTS in 2013 from October to December, and successfully interviewed 1,502 Hong Kong citizens with aged 18 or above. The survey was to investigate the patterns of physical activity of Hongkongers and the relations of physical activity with health-related quality of life, personal happiness, and FAMILY Health, Happiness and Harmony.
調查發現半數港人缺體能活動損身心健康 影響家庭關係
港大倡嶄新「零時間運動」概念 提升生活健康質素與家庭和諧
為促進建立和諧社會並宣揚家庭健康、快樂及和諧訊息，由香港賽馬會慈善信託基金主導推行，與香港大學李嘉誠醫學院公共衞生學院（簡稱：港大）攜手合作的「愛 + 人：賽馬會和諧社會計劃」（簡稱：賽馬會「愛 + 人」計劃）之「家家好健康」今日正式啟動，並於發布會公布「香港家庭及健康資訊問卷調查」結果，以及提倡「零時間運動」的嶄新概念，鼓勵市民多做簡單和隨時隨地都可進行的運動。
出席是次啟動禮的嘉賓包括食物及衞生局局長高永文醫生, BBS, JP、香港賽馬會副主席周永健先生, SBS, JP及香港大學李嘉誠醫學院公共衞生學院講座教授、「愛 + 人」計劃項目首席調查研究員林大慶教授, BBS, JP。
「家家好健康」未來兩年將會在全港推行多項大型社區為本的健康推廣項目，鼓勵香港家庭多做運動，倡導心理健康及建立少糖和少鹽的飲食習慣。
食物及衞生局局長高永文醫生指出市民對健康飲食的認識與意識不足，亦欠缺足夠運動量，對個人健康會有一定影響。他鼓勵港人建立健康飲食習慣以及保持恆常運動，注意家庭和諧，以平衡身心健康。
香港賽馬會副主席周永健先生表示，馬會慈善信託基金自2007年起，與香港大學公共衞生學院，攜手合作推行賽馬會「愛 + 人」計劃，希望透過大型住戶調查、一系列家庭支援項目和公眾教育活動，找出家庭問題的根源，設計預防方案，並宣傳「家有康和樂」。他說：「香港社會現正面臨人口老化和慢性病的挑戰，急需一些預防性措施以減輕各家庭以至社會的負擔，而運動正是促進身心健康的靈丹妙藥。所以「愛 + 人」計劃在未來兩年，將會重點推動家庭的整體健康。」
在啟動禮後的新聞發布會上，賽馬會「愛 + 人」計劃團隊公佈了「香港家庭及健康資訊問卷調查」。賽馬會「愛 + 人」計劃委託香港大學民意研究計劃於2013年10月至12月進行，並成功訪問1,502名18歲或以上香港居民，了解及探討港人體能活動習慣、體能活動與生活健康質素、個人快樂以及與家庭健康、快樂及和諧的關係。
