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Regulate sale of 'junk foods' to fight obesity: HEALA
Manage episode 423836848 series 2825639
The Healthy Living Alliance - HEALA - is warning that the obesity epidemic facing the youth of South Africa, inadvertently places them at risk of major non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, pulmonary diseases, strokes, certain types of cancer and type 2 diabetes. According to Discovery's 2023 ObeCity Index, more than 20 million South African adults (20 years and older) are obese, with 13% of children under the age of five also afflicted by obesity. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Eunice Montso, Policy and Programme Coordinator at the Healthy Living Alliance
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Manage episode 423836848 series 2825639
The Healthy Living Alliance - HEALA - is warning that the obesity epidemic facing the youth of South Africa, inadvertently places them at risk of major non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, pulmonary diseases, strokes, certain types of cancer and type 2 diabetes. According to Discovery's 2023 ObeCity Index, more than 20 million South African adults (20 years and older) are obese, with 13% of children under the age of five also afflicted by obesity. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Eunice Montso, Policy and Programme Coordinator at the Healthy Living Alliance
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