The recently released Action Plan on Weight Management by the Department of Health (DH) promotes territory‑wide weight management comprehensively. The Government hopes the public will receive comprehensive support from the system, the environment and the community, and perceive health as a practical and achievable path in daily choices, rather than a distant ideal.

Walking is a simple physical activity that can be easily integrated into daily life and is beneficial for health promotion. In view of this, starting from this year, DH announced that the walking challenge will be regularised as a year-round initiative, available to the public free of charge, encouraging everyone to use 10 000 steps a day as a target to cultivate the habit of regular physical activity.

To participate, you can simply download the eHealth App (see QR code), log in to the "e+Life" platform, and synchronise your moblie device's step count to the platform. You can then check your daily steps and progress at any time. The platform also features various thematic walking routes, as well as functions displaying personal records and friends' step counts, allowing the public to remind and encourage each other. This makes exercise an enjoyable activity that can be incorporated into daily life, while accumulating health coins to redeem prizes.

For more information, please refer to the Walking Challenge and Weight Management websites.

Let’s get ready and start our “10,000 steps a day” journey together!