Half of Adults Over 18 in Dayyer County Overweight

Bushehr – The head of the health network in Dayyer County said that, according to figures for the first half of this year, 49 percent of people over 18 in Dayyer County are overweight or obese.

Bushehr - The head of Diyar city health and treatment network said: According to the statistics of the first half of this year, 49 percent of people over 18 years old in Diyar city are overweight and obese.

According to Mehr reporter, Hossein Nazimianpour said in an interview with reporters on Monday morning: According to the statistics of the first half of this year, 49% of people over 18 years of age in Deir are overweight and obese, which is 56% for women and 40.6% for men.

He added: Also, 27.2 percent of students, including 25.3 percent of girls and 29.2 percent of boys, are also facing the problem of overweight and obesity.

Referring to the role of obesity in the occurrence of diseases, Nazimianpour added: obesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and blood pressure, and losing weight to any extent affects health, and controlling weight and preventing obesity is one of the important issues of today's society, which results in efforts to achieve a healthier society.

Sharife Zamiri, the expert in charge of the community nutrition improvement unit of Deir health network, also emphasized the role of nutrition in preventing obesity and stated: the consumption of unhealthy foods and lack of physical activity is increasing, and this issue is particularly worrying in children and adolescents; It is recommended to reduce the consumption of soft drinks, industrial juices, sweets, fast food and high-fat foods and replace white breads and refined grains with whole grains and cereals, along with sufficient physical activity.

He added: Changing eating habits should be done slowly and step by step, and reducing the amount of food in each meal and increasing small meals is effective until reaching a healthy eating habit.