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Study finds one-third of monks in Bangkok overweight
Post Reporters, Published on 05/09/2025
» More than third of all Buddhist monks and novices in Bangkok are overweight, according to a city-wide health screening campaign, while nearly half have high blood cholesterol, and most suffer from oral health issues.
Army to auction unwanted dogs
Post Reporters, Published on 15/10/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The Royal Thai Army’s Veterinary & Remount Department will hold an auction to find homes for 64 dogs that did not meet the requirements to become service dogs.
Truck-weighing tech to go citywide
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/11/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to install weighing technology for trucks throughout the city in the wake of a midweek accident on busy Sukhumvit Road involving an overweight lorry, spokesman Aekvarunyoo Amarapala said on Friday.
Heavy bags bad for kids' backs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/05/2023
» Carrying a heavy school bag every day can cause spinal problems among children and worsen scoliosis, medical experts said, as they recommend limiting such bags to no more than 10% of a kid's weight.
Novices get advice about fighting flab
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/09/2022
» The National Health Commission Office (NHCO) has introduced a food and health programme at Phra Pariyatti Dhamma General Education Schools nationwide after finding almost one-quarter of novices were overweight.
Public urged to take up free flu shot
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/05/2022
» The National Health Security Office has urged people from vulnerable groups to receive free flu jabs at government clinics.
Tutor's death after jab a 'coincidence'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/07/2021
» The death of a 39-year-old private tutor who died at home after getting a second shot of a different Covid-19 vaccine is not linked to the vaccination, says the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
True fears jab sign-up breach
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/07/2021
» True Group has filed a complaint with police after it discovered its system for receiving vaccination registrations may have been breached, allowing for the abuse of Covid-19 jab allotments.
Police arrest 4 in diet pill crackdown
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/08/2019
» Police have again cracked down on the illegal sale of diet pills and arrested four people, one of them connected to a gang involving a doctor, according to deputy national police chief Chalermkiat Srivorakhan.
Former THAI exec faces indictment
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/12/2018
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found grounds to charges against a former Thai Airways International (THAI) board chairman of failing to pay for overweight baggage and accepting gifts of excessive value, according to a source in the NACC.