A senior Nurse and the Ashanti Regional Non Communicable Diseases Coordinator Madam Lydia Owusu Ansah, has bemoaned the occasional one-off exercise after which heavy meals and alcohol is taken in the name of keeping fit.
She disclosed that it could actually trigger the poor health and eventually death of many who indulge in this unhealthy practice.
Embarking on an advocacy in Kumasi, Madam Owusu Ansah said statistics available to the Ghana Health Service recently indicates that most deaths in the country is as a result of non-communicable disease such as blood pressure, diabetes, cancers, stoke and many others which is a product of poor exercise regimes and sedentary lifestyle habits.
The Senior Nursing Officer urged proper dietary plans and exercise to help stem the trend.
“We have monitored a lot of deaths and sad to say, most could have been avoided if they were exercising properly or eating well. You see people who don’t exercise then one day they tell you they are going to keep fit, right after you see them eating a big ball of Kenkey, fried rice and chicken; drinking beer and all kinds of alcoholic beverages. When you do this, it is dangerous for your health. You have done nothing to improve your health” she warned.
“38% of all deaths now are attributable to non-communicable diseases and we are worried about that, call this could have been avoided”, she added.
Madam Owusu Ansah said it is worrying now to see kids reporting to clinics with conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, blood pressure and many of other related ailments.
