‘One fourth people suffering from obesity’

Health experts at a roundtable yesterday said one fourth people in Bangladesh are suffering from obesity while one third people in the world are overweight, reports BSS. Citing the statistics of World Health Organisation (WHO), they said the people die from diseases caused by overweight or over eating is much more than die from malnutrition, a press release said yesterday. The health experts revealed the information at the roundtable on ‘Kidney Disease and Obesity: Healthy lifestyle for healthy kidney’ at the National Press Club in the capital.
Kidney Awareness Monitoring and Prevention Society (KAMPS), a voluntary organization, organized the roundtable on the occasion of the World Kidney Day. Head of the Department of Kidney, Labaid Specialized Hospital and Chairman of KAMPS, Prof Dr MA Samad presented keynote paper at the roundtable.
The experts said more than 3 lakhs of people die untimely in USA every year due to diseases caused by overweight, it costs $150 billion or Tk 14 lakh 40,000 crore for their treatment which is about four times higher than our national budget.
They said reducing risk of at least 68 per cent of death is possible only by changing lifestyle, the habits include regular walking, consuming sufficient fruits and vegetables, keeping weight under control, avoiding smoking etc.
Prof Harunur said there are huge numbers of kidney patients in the country while it has only 96 dialysis centers where 18,000 patients undergo dialysis twice a week. In his keynote paper, Dr Samad said the main objective of the World Kidney Day is to aware people world-wide about kidney disease and habituating people in sound life style.

One fourth people suffering from obesity

Health experts at a roundtable yesterday said one fourth people in Bangladesh are suffering from obesity while one third people in the world are overweight, reports BSS. Citing the statistics of World Health Organisation (WHO), they said the people die from diseases caused by overweight or over eating is much more than die from malnutrition, a press release said yesterday. The health experts revealed the information at the roundtable on Kidney Disease and Obesity: Healthy lifestyle for healthy kidney at the National Press Club in the capital. Kidney Awareness Monitoring and Prevention Society (KAMPS), a voluntary organization, organized the roundtable on the occasion of the World Kidney Day. Head of the Department of Kidney, Labaid Specialized Hospital and Chairman of KAMPS, Prof Dr MA Samad presented keynote paper at the roundtable. The experts said more than 3 lakhs of people die untimely in USA every year due to diseases caused by overweight, it costs $150 billion or Tk 14 lakh 40,000 crore for their treatment which is about four times higher than our national budget. They said reducing risk of at least 68 per cent of death is possible only by changing lifestyle, the habits include regular walking, consuming sufficient fruits and vegetables, keeping weight under control, avoiding smoking etc. Prof Harunur said there are huge numbers of kidney patients in the country while it has only 96 dialysis centers where 18,000 patients undergo dialysis twice a week. In his keynote paper, Dr Samad said the main objective of the World Kidney Day is to aware people world-wide about kidney disease and habituating people in sound life style.