Delegates attend the launching ceremony of “Better Me”, a contest to promote healthy eating and active lifestyles on September 6.

Sức khỏe & Đời sống (Life and Health) Newspaper has collaborated with Herbalife Vietnam to launch “Better Me”, a contest to promote healthy eating and active lifestyles on September 6.

Better Me inspires people to become better versions of themselves and achieve long-term wellness goals. The contest is open to all Vietnamese citizens aged 18 and over.

The three-round competition challenges participants to constantly make positive physical changes based on the knowledge they learn and the exercises they do over three months.

Specifically, the participants must answer questions on nutrition, exercise and sports. They will have chances to interact with experts and share ways they transformed their bodies for the better.

“What we eat and how we exercise every day have a direct impact on our health and well-being. The Better Me contest is really helpful in encouraging people to build healthy habits of consuming balanced nutrition and doing regular exercise to have better physiques,” said Trần Tuấn Linh, Editor-In-Chief of Life and Health Newspaper.

The contest was first launched in 2022 and attracted over 1,000 participants from around the country.

“We hope the contest will again attract great responses this year, and the participants not only improve themselves physically but also inspire many others to follow suit,” said Vũ Văn Thắng, General Manager for Herbalife Vietnam and Cambodia.

According to the National Institute of Nutrition, the country has about 12.5 million new cases of people with hypertension, 3.5 million people with diabetes, and 2 million people with cardiovascular diseases each year due to nutritional imbalance and a lack of physical activities and sports.

In addition, another survey by the Ministry of Health showed 28.7 per cent of the Vietnamese population faces health risks due to lack of exercise. — VNS