Colombian Eating Habits

National perspective:

By a study done by the Health Ministry, half of Colombians are overweight. Wellbeing Ministry official Fernando Ramirez, in conjunction with an educator from the University of Antioquia, completed an investigation of Colombian wellbeing. The study found that half of all Colombians are delegated overweight. Besides, 16.5% percent of that half are clinically fat. The study characterized an overweight man as having a waist greater than 90 centimeters and an overweight lady as having a waist more than 80 centimeters. (based on, Half of Colombians are overweight: Study, Caitlin Trent,2012) The weight rate in Colombia is 13.7 % and rising quickly, particularly in youngsters. That is in a nation where an expected

Why? In light of the procedure of sexual development (which builds muscle to fat quotients in young ladies) and social standards that energize physical movement just among young men. What's more, the weight of youngest in Colombia is falling more on poorer young ladies, who have less access to assets for sound weight control. “According to caracol radio who interviewed Ramirez, he stated that widespread obesity “is due to bad eating habits (high in sugar, fat, flour and salt), physical inactivity and an excess of alcohol and tobacco. Across the country, the populations of all cities have obesity problems. Moreover, abdominal obesity has increased by 6%in recent years’ regions with higher rates of abdominal obesity are the coffee regions, Bogota, San Andres and Valle.” (Trent, 2017) Statistics say that Colombia has an average of 46.0% of people which suffers overweight and that the United States have an average of 66.9%. Both of them have a high average of overweight but we can see that the United States has 20,9% more than Colombia, this can be caused because of many different facts such as the culture, the prices of the food, the consume of fats

One of the most cited economic impacts of the obesity is on direct medical spending. Obesity is linked with higher risk for several serious health conditions, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease, stroke, asthma, and arthritis. Direct medical spending on diagnosis and treatment of these conditions, therefore, is likely to increase with rising obesity levels. Several studies offer retrospective or prospective estimates of the degree of disease costs. (Obesity Prevention Source,