ISLAMABAD: A recent study from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that more than 50 percent of people living in Pakistan are suffering from obesity.
According to the WHO report, 58.1 percent of Pakistanis are overweight while 43.9 percent of the population is obese.
Not only adults but children are also displaying these trends of obesity in the urban and rural areas.
The health professionals have termed the situation a ‘wake-up call’ for Pakistanis as obesity may lead to multiple diseases and health complications.
They while explaining obesity stated that it was a condition found across every segment of society, but at the same time, they have seen a rise in awareness among the people on being overweight.
The latest figures came months after the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) warned Pakistan that it was among the top 10 countries in the world facing absolute increases in diabetes prevalence.
While highlighting Pakistan that it was among the alarming growth in the prevalence of diabetes around the world it reported that 38 million more adults were now estimated to be living with diabetes globally compared to results published in 2017.
Obesity is s a health hazard. Someone who is 40 person overweight is twice as likely to die prematurely as is an average-weight person. This is because obesity has been linked to several serious medical conditions, including heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer.
WHO indicates that people who are 25 according to their BMI are normal, who range 25 to 30 for overweight, who are from 30 to 35 for obesity Class-I, 35 to 40 for obesity class-II and 40 or above BMI for obesity class-III population.
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