COVID Sweet Tooth Danger
According to a study of Google searches in the Philippines, people have literally been craving a sweet escape from the lockdown blues. Since the start of the pandemic, e-commerce aggregator iPrice reported that the country’s interest in chocolates and other confections has rocketed. The study recorded the monthly average of Google searches for chocolate treats […]
Diabetes Epidemic in Asia
A survey conducted by Sun Life Financial among nearly 4,000 residents aged 25 and above from Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines identified that more and more people from Asia are being diagnosed with the diabetes and fastest rate of growth was found in the Philippines. Out of a population of 100 million […]