Will it be another unhealthy year for Malaysians?

Gymnasiums lying empty and unused – not an unusual sight nowadays. Photo: Filepic

On the face of it, 2016 should have been the year of healthy living, with delivery services offering food such as salads and acai bowls, and an increased devotion to workouts, with a resultant cornucopia of terms such as High Intensity Interval Training and Low Intensity Steady State workouts gaining traction.

At the start of last year, many surely made resolutions to eat better and live a more active lifestyle, often with the disclaimer that it was “not to lose weight but to live healthier”. Much money was spent on gym memberships and specialised sportswear, but they were mostly left unused.