Ghana tops WHO list of seven African countries
A recent study by the World Health Organisation, which focused on seven African countries – Nigeria, Congo Brazzaville, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Niger and Ghana – has found that three million Ghanaians (out of a population of 20 million) are currently overweight or obese, the greatest number in any of the countries studied.
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Researchers also discovered that there were more overweight and obese Ghanaians in the southern part of the country than in the northern part. Additionally, in the Greater Accra region, more than 16% of the population is overweight or obese, while the condition is virtually non-existent in the ‘Upper West’ and ‘Upper East’ sections of the country.
Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Gladys Ashitey, warned Ghanaians that high levels of obesity could lead to diabetes, hypertension, sleep disorders, gall bladder diseases, stroke and many cancers, and highlighted the adoption of Western lifestyles as a major cause of this trend.
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