Lifestyle Related Diseases
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Kenyans and Ugandans need to change their ways to arrest lifestyle diseases
Two surveys paint a shocking picture of how East Africans are exposing themselves to the mounting risks of non-communicable diseases.
Doctors must be taught how to be better counsellors on lifestyle choices
People who smoke and drink too much, don’t exercise and eat unhealthily are likely to suffer from non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease.
Physician, exercise thyself
Doctors can get patients to take better care of themselves by setting a good, healthy example.
SA goes large
Almost half of SA’s adults are too fat. The health risks are huge: heart-related illness, often triggered by obesity, is the second-biggest killer.
Our lifestyle is killing us
World Health report says non-communicable diseases are the ‘leading threats to human health’. Belinda Beresford reports.