According to a research by Herbalpro, a herbal solution company that focuses
on providing prevention and improvements to the most prevalent illnesses and
diseases through herbal products, Obesity is on the increase in Nigeria.
A person is said to be overweight when
the person’s BMI (body mass index)
is 25 to 29.9 and considered to be obese
when the BMI reaches 30 and above.
Obese may lead to serious health
consequences such especiallycardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke)
type 2 diabetes, musculoskeletal disorder, cancer of the colon, breast and
endometrial causing premature death and disability.
The study which commenced in 2015 showed
that there was a 25% increase in cardiovascular cases from 2015 to 2016 with the
first quarter of 2016 recording more causalities than the third and fourth
quarter of 2015. It also stated that high blood pressure is on the rise with
2016 recording a 42% increase of new cases.
Looking at the possible cause of
increase, Herbalpro found out that the rise has to do with diet which may be
influenced by the increase in the cost of living, lack of sanitization about
healthy living and the stressful nature of the economy at present coupled with
the lack of proper diagnostics and treatment centers.
The research went further to state that
individuals with protruding stomach also stand a risk of dying from heart
related diseases than those with a normal waistline even though they have
healthy weight.
Herbalpro concluded the research by
stating that the government and other concerned institutions should make
available proper sanitization on the importance of eating healthy, inclusion of
healthy foods in diets, exercise, remedies to weight loss as well as adequate
facilities to combat the heart related diseases so that Nigeria can become free
of this illness that plagues 36% of its total population.
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