Showing posts with label World Health Organization; Chronic Illness; Africans At Risk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Health Organization; Chronic Illness; Africans At Risk. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

More Africans At Risk Of Chronic Illness: WHO

Risk factors such as smoking, harmful use of alcohol, a poor diet which does not include the recommended five servings of fruit and vegetables a day, and low levels of physical activity are more likely to kill adults in Africa ©Aris Messinis (AFP)
City life and its modern trappings have brought bad habits to developing African nations that will see more die of chronic illness than infectious diseases by 2030, a study showed Tuesday.