Women drink home-made food and drinks, Prof. Shabnam Nadeem, Dr. Shaista Ahmed and Dr. Raheela Imtiaz. Photo: File
Karachi: About 60 percent of Pakistani women in Pakistan are obese, including married and teenage girls, 80 percent of women are overweight according to the Asian standard of obesity.
The main cause of obesity among Pakistani women is lack of regular exercise and consumption of unhealthy food, these views were expressed by gynecologists and other health experts in connection with World Obesity Day with the support of local pharmaceutical company Pharmavoo Abbasi Shaheed. Addressing the walk of women associated with the medical department outside the hospital.
Health experts urged Pakistani women to change their lifestyle and lose weight to avoid various deadly diseases. On the occasion of World Obesity Day, awareness walks and seminars were organized across the country including Karachi.
Awareness walks were organized by healthcare professionals in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. The purpose of these walks was to create awareness and awareness about obesity and the resulting fatal diseases among the public, especially women, because women are less active and active than men, due to which obesity is more common in women than in men. and are more prone to life-threatening diseases as a result.
A large number of female health care professionals participated in the walk organized in front of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, holding banners and placards with various slogans written on them.
Professor Shabnam Nadeem of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital said that obesity in women increases the risk of many serious and fatal diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, breast cancer, POS, pregnancy problems and many other fatal diseases.
He said that obesity has adverse effects on human health and shortens life expectancy while increasing the financial burden as a result of health care at the individual, national and global levels. 88% of people are obese due to physical inactivity and consumption of unhealthy food.
He urged all physicians treating women to advise women to eat a healthy diet and exercise daily and try to stay physically fit, citing recent research.
About 2,500 people were examined in 11 cities of Pakistan and 88 percent of them, both men and women, were found to be obese, the study, published in the Rawal Medical Journal (RMJ), found that 88 percent, he said. 10% of men and women were obese, while about 7% were overweight, leaving only 5% with a normal body mass index (BMI).
Dr. Shaista Ahmed and Dr. Raheela Imtiaz also spoke on the occasion and urged Pakistani women to improve the quality of their and their family’s diet, limit the portion of carbohydrates and fats in the diet, and keep fit. Eat and walk more.
She urged women not to consume fast food, which is actually junk food, avoid sugary drinks and instead use healthy home-made foods and drinks that are low in sugar and fat. be less
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