Taipei- A survey by Reader's Digest magazine showed on Thursday that only about half of Asians consider themselves healthy, while the rest are bothered mainly by weight-related problems.

The Asian edition of the Reader's Digest reached the conclusions after surveying 19,700 Reader's Digest subscribers in Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India and the Philippines.

The survey showed that only 51 per cent of the subscribers consider themselves healthy, while the rest suffer from various health problems, Low Chung-leung, manager of Reader's Digest (Taiwan), told a news conference.

Participants in the survey reported suffering from at lease one of the following problems: 55 per cent suffer from high blood pressure, 35 per cent from overweight, 34 per cent from diabetes and 27 per cent from high cholesterol.

Most of the polled subscribers said they have tried to lose weight to be healthy. (dpa)