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Malnutrition: Expert Harps on Regular Check of Body Mass Index

June 28, 2021in news 0 Comments 1 Likes

A fellow of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Malam Sani Hassan, advised people on the regular check of their Body Mass Index (BMI) to monitor weight gain and prevent diet-related diseases.

He gave the advice in Zaria at a two-day Quarterly Coordination and Review Meeting on Food and Nutrition” with nutrition focal persons in the 23 local government areas of Kaduna State.

The meeting was organised by the planning and budget commission (PBC), with support from the United UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Hassan, a technical adviser on nutrition to Kaduna State Emergency Nutrition Action Plan, explained that BMI measures a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters.

According to him, a high BMI can indicate high body fat and screens weight categories that may lead to health problems. “BMI is a critical indicator of health and general wellbeing of people. Consistent increase in a person’s BMI is a journey toward obesity, accompanied by diet-related non-communicable diseases like kidney, liver and heart disease, hypertension, cancer and diabetes, among others.”

He added that regular BMI check would enable people to watch their weight by monitoring their dietary intake and engage in exercise to maintain healthy weight for healthy living.

He advised nutrition officials in the state to go beyond promotion to projecting good dietary habits by maintaining healthy weight. The nutrition expert said about 80 per cent of diseases affecting Nigerians were diet-related and could be curbed with good dietary information and habits. Naija 247 News

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