BANGKOK, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Five Thai people die of heart-related diseases every hour mainly due to unhealthy diet and lack of exercise, Public Health Minister Mongkol na Songkha said Monday.

    Mongkol cited high blood pressure, smoking, obesity and diabetes as the major factors that kill Thai people. A latest survey also indicated that 86 percent of Thais regularly consume fatty food.

    Mongkol was quoted by the Thai News Agency as saying that to mark the World Heart Day on Sept. 30, a campaign to prevent Thais from heart diseases will be launched nationwide with a four-point slogan -- stopping smoking, eating healthy food, getting more exercise, and maintaining good moods.

    He added that anyone who followed instructions in the campaign would be 80 percent free from heart diseases.

    The World Heart Day was initiated by the World Health Organization and World Heart Federation in light of escalating fatality from heart diseases.