HerbaLife Health Poll
Music to our ears - Nine out of 10 Filipino consumers surveyed by HerbaLife, a global nutrition company are “highly concerned” about the potential diseases that can be caused by an unhealthy lifestyle, with the same number of them believing that certain yet simple lifestyle changes can help improve their overall well-being. Finally, Filipinos are taking interest in their health which have undoubtedly been taken for granted for years now.
A good number of the respondents expressed their eagerness to adopt a healthy lifestyle; 79 percent said that they would cut down on unhealthy foods, 78 percent of them expressed their willingness to exercise more regularly, while a total of 72 percent said that they would make better nutrition choices.
“We welcome the results of the survey. It gives an understanding of Filipinos becoming even more health concious and self-aware that they need to make some lifestyle changes to improve their overall well-being. It also gives Herbalife an idea where we are needed, because as the survey revealed only four out of 10 would spend 10 to 30 minutes a day to make simple lifestyle changes,” said Rosalio Valenzuela, Herbalife Philippines General Manager.
The respondents, however, cited the following as the top obstacles that they face in their goal to achieving a healthy lifestyle: lack of time for any form of exercise (75 percent), lack of time to make proper nutrition choices (64 percent), and the high cost of healthy food (62 percent).
The same health poll also revealed that the top three aging-related concerns in the country were heart, brain, and eye health.
Better knowledge and Understanding
“The findings from the Herbalife survey clearly show that the majority of people in Asia Pacific that we questioned believe in the value of good nutrition and exercise as contributing to their overall well-being. We aim to play a greater role in providing practical tips and information to people to help them understand that the journey to a healthier, more active lifestyle is not difficult to achieve. With as little as 10 minutes a day, consumers can take positive steps to improve their nutrition and be more active, which will improve their overall well-being,” said William M. Rahn, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Herbalife Asia Pacific.
Herbalife conducted the survey just last September in the lead-up to its Asia-Pacific Wellness Tour. It surveyed a total of 1,200 respondents across six countries, including the Philippines, on perceptions towards their health and current lifestyle. Respondents from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand also took part in the survey.
Herbalife Asia-Pacific Wellness Tour
The Herbalife Asia-Pacific Wellness Tour, which is now on its fourth year, aims to heighten people’s practical understanding of the many aspects of living a healthy active lifestyle. Its previous tours in the past three years saw close to 60,000 participants across the region.
This year’s Wellness Tour features five members of the Herbalife Nutrition Advisory Board (NAB) visiting 14 markets and 21 cities across the Asia-Pacific in the month of October alone. They will share their expert views on how people can make use of the little time they have to make simple lifestyle changes that will improve their well-being as a whole.
Herbalife’s NAB experts will also impart their perspectives on a wide array of health-related issues, which includes weight management, brain health and aging; heart health; immunology; and skin care at the medical symposia being held in Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The Herbalife NAB experts taking part in this year’s Wellness Tour include Dr. David Heber, who incidentally will be coming to Manila, is a leading expert in the field of nutrition and named as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” by Thomson Reuters just last year and is considered one of “The Best Doctors in America”; Dr. Lou Ignarro, a Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1998 for his discovery of nitric oxide’s health benefits; Dr. Gary Small, a specialist in brain health and aging who has authored over 500 scientific works and has received numerous accolades and honors, including the “Senior Investigator Award” from the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry; Dr. Marion Fltechner-Mors, a health nutrition specialist who is presently heading the nutrition and obesity research group at Ulm University in Germany; and Dr. Wang Jae Lee, a physician and academic specializing in immunology and a professor at Seoul National University College of Medicine.
Dr. Heber, who is the founding Director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition at the University of California, Los Angeles, will be conducting a symposium for free to Filipino medical practitioners on October 23, 9am, at the Manila Hotel. The symposium will gather a group of around 100 doctors, nurses, physical therapists and medical practitioners. The title of the symposium is “Obesity: More Than Just Being Overweight and Nutrition Forecast for 2020.” Seminars conducted by Dr. Heber are recognized by US hospitals as part of Continuing Education Studies, which are often required of applicants. The following day, Oct. 24, Dr. Heber will be holding seminars for thousands of Herbalife Independent Members in the same hotel.
This is the first time Dr. Heber, who is also the Chairman of the NAB and the Herbalife Nutrition Institute, to conduct a seminar in Manila since the company was founded in the Philippines 22 years ago.
About Herbalife
Herbalife is a 35-year-old global nutrition company that sells weight-management, nutrition and personal care products intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold in more than 90 countries around the globe to and through a network of independent members. The company supports the Herbalife Family Foundation and its Casa Herbalife program to help bring good nutrition to children. For more information visit Herbalife.com.
About Herbalife
Herbalife is a 35-year-old global nutrition company that sells weight-management, nutrition and personal care products intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold in more than 90 countries around the globe to and through a network of independent members. The company supports the Herbalife Family Foundation and its Casa Herbalife program to help bring good nutrition to children. For more information visit Herbalife.com.
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