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FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Cohort Study Result Announcement

19 Dec 2011

"60% of Hong Kong families receive a passing grade on health -
10-point Healthy Living Index (HELI)"

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust funded and in collaboration with the School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, "FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society" project (FAMILY project) has successfully completed the first phase of household survey in March 2011 with data from 8,481 families (18,906 individuals). The survey covered a variety of topics including family health, happiness and harmony index.

A press conference will be held on Wednesday (21^st December, 2011)to report on the health index of Hong Kong individuals and families using the "10-point Healthy Living Index (HELI)to assess their smoking and drinking habits, vegetable and fruit intake, adequacy of physical activities, BMI and blood pressure etc. An online interactive calculator will also be introduced to keep track of health condition. Details are as follows:

Date:	December 21, 2011 (Wednesday)
Time:	10:30 am
Venue:	Exhibition Area, G/F, Laboratory Block 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Speaker:	Professor LAM Tai-hing Sir Robert Kotewall Professor in Public Health Principal Investigator, FAMILY Project Team Director of School of Public Health The University of Hong Kong Professor Sophia CHAN Siu-chee Co-Investigator, FAMILY Project Team Research Director of School of Nursing The University of Hong Kong

Media representatives are cordially invited to attend the press conference. For your convenience, our shuttle bus will be waiting at the Admiralty MTR station (the bus stop near Café de Coral of Admiralty Centre, Exit A of the Admiralty MTR station). The shuttle will depart at 10:00am.

Useful Information:
1. FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society
Website: http://www.family.org.hk/

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