Obesity has been declared by the World Health Organisation WHO) not only as an epidemic of the 21st Century, but also the fastest spreading disaster of the century. Worrying estimates indicate that today about one in five Kenyans is obese, compared to about one in ten, three years ago.
Obesity is an excessive deposit of fat in the body. The fat that li da accumulates around the large organs of the body such as the heart, lungs, stomach and others (known as visceral fat) is the most dangerous.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Studies have linked obesity to numerous diseases, including diabetes, chronic back pain, hypertension, coronary heart diseases, atherosclerosis, hormonal imbalance, gallstones, and some cancers.
The body mass index (BMI) and/or waist circumference are the basic indicators of one’s status.
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