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Teenagers in Hong Kong don’t get enough fruit, vegetables or exercise and risk strokes in later life

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Doctors have warned that Hong Kong teenagers are at growing risk of suffering strokes later in life, with a survey showing a “worrying” trend of youngsters rarely exercising and eating too few fruits and vegetables. Released on Sunday, World Stroke Day, survey results show that out of 12,405 secondary school pupils, 56 per cent have diets where vegetables formed no more than a third of their intake, while 4 per cent ate no greens at all. The study, conducted between last month and...

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