stanmwa
Senior Lister
Apr 13, 2020 8:07 PM
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Back in 2018, humanity concluded that obesity is a serious health problem than hunger. Politicians, Redcross and some of the non government organizations (NGOs) are putting their best feet forward in the fight against hunger, however, the increasing rate of diabetes and obesity is becoming a concern.
According to the ministry of health, around 70% of the people admitted to hospitals are seen to be ailing from Cancer, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.
Just in the recent past, the Kenya's Ministry of health circulated a well documented review that painted a picture of Kenya having an increase in obesity, most probably the Kenyan women and children dominating the numbers.
Our parents generation
It's no doubt that our parents grew up in painstaking times of food insecurity. Comparing their time to ours, food wasn't readily available as it right now in Kenya. The convenience foods that currently dominate our estates were no where to be seen. Our parents were fortunate enough to exclusively eat food from the farms, with no additives inherent.
The current Nairobi
With every decade that comes our way, Nairobi keeps on bitterly shifting from bad to worse, as far as foods and nutrition is concerned. Chapati kiosk are rapidly becoming common place. It's saddening that even supermarkets are desperate and needy to heighten on their revenues by selling processed foods, chapati perfectly included.
Petrol stations, roadside kiosk together with supermarket, are descending an eating extravaganza upon Kenyans. With every bite you take of this huge portions of chapati, the roadside chapati sellers have their pockets swell with profits as your waistline expands in a rather unhealthy manner.
In the cusp of the millennial, most of the Kenyans were not sick or fat in an unhealthy way. As many Kenyans continue eating much of the processed foods, diabetes, heart disease and cancer will continue to cripple into Kenya, and unfortunately, it may rob us off many lives.
As a matter of urgency, Kenyans from different slots in the social ladder, should be considerate of what they eat because we don't want to lose our booming economy to diabetic, heart disease and cancer epidemic
View attachment 69456806e44b8e8cb21764e56cc6991e.webp
Back in 2018, humanity concluded that obesity is a serious health problem than hunger. Politicians, Redcross and some of the non government organizations (NGOs) are putting their best feet forward in the fight against hunger, however, the increasing rate of diabetes and obesity is becoming a concern.
According to the ministry of health, around 70% of the people admitted to hospitals are seen to be ailing from Cancer, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.
Just in the recent past, the Kenya's Ministry of health circulated a well documented review that painted a picture of Kenya having an increase in obesity, most probably the Kenyan women and children dominating the numbers.
Our parents generation
It's no doubt that our parents grew up in painstaking times of food insecurity. Comparing their time to ours, food wasn't readily available as it right now in Kenya. The convenience foods that currently dominate our estates were no where to be seen. Our parents were fortunate enough to exclusively eat food from the farms, with no additives inherent.
The current Nairobi
With every decade that comes our way, Nairobi keeps on bitterly shifting from bad to worse, as far as foods and nutrition is concerned. Chapati kiosk are rapidly becoming common place. It's saddening that even supermarkets are desperate and needy to heighten on their revenues by selling processed foods, chapati perfectly included.
Petrol stations, roadside kiosk together with supermarket, are descending an eating extravaganza upon Kenyans. With every bite you take of this huge portions of chapati, the roadside chapati sellers have their pockets swell with profits as your waistline expands in a rather unhealthy manner.
In the cusp of the millennial, most of the Kenyans were not sick or fat in an unhealthy way. As many Kenyans continue eating much of the processed foods, diabetes, heart disease and cancer will continue to cripple into Kenya, and unfortunately, it may rob us off many lives.
As a matter of urgency, Kenyans from different slots in the social ladder, should be considerate of what they eat because we don't want to lose our booming economy to diabetic, heart disease and cancer epidemic
