Mexico declares public health emergency over obesity, diabetes Lainaa:
Mexico has declared a public health emergency over the rapid increase in obesity and diabetes.
According to health officials, the decision was made after the National Institute of Statistics and Geography confirmed that between 2014 and 2015 the number of people who died of diabetes rose by more than 4,000,
In that period, diabetes-related deaths increased from 94,000 to 98,450, the Health Ministry announced.
At a press conference on Monday, Deputy Minister of Health Pablo Kuri said the statistics led officials to take the unprecedented measure.
"It is the first time we have declared a health emergency over a disease that is not contagious, and we declared two, one for obesity and excess weight, and another for diabetes," said Kuri.
In 1980, 14,626 people in Mexico died of diabetes, showing the ailment spiked in the past 35 years, with more than 7 million Mexicans, or about 9 per cent of the population, now suffering from the affliction.
Health Minister Jose Narro blamed a change in the Mexican diet and lack of exercise for the country's obesity and diabetes epidemics.
"In 35 years, genetics did not change. What changed was the lifestyle of Mexicans," Narro said
The health emergency calls for local, state and federal governments to work together to design and launch more effective prevention measures and awareness campaigns, among other steps.
Maailman diabetespäivänä Meksiko julisti hätätilan lihavuus- ja diabetesepidemian johdosta. Maan terveysministeriön mukaan vuonna 2015 Meksikossa kuoli diabetekseen liittyviin sairauksiin 98,450 ihmistä, 4000 enemmän kuin edellisvuonna. Vuonna 1980 luku oli 14,626. Diabetesta sairastaa noin 9 prosenttia väestöstä.
-Geneettinen perimä ei ole 35 vuodessa muuttunut, elintavat ovat, sanoi terveysministeri Pablo Kuri.
Minkä kulutus siellä on kasvanut? Se ei todellakaan ole tyydyttynyt rasva, jota Suomen korruptoitunut terveyseliitti on yrittänyt lavastaa syylliseksi kaikkeen mahdolliseen aina diabetesta myöten. Vastaus kuuluu: SOKERI.
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