Here is an excerpt from our recent feature on the guardian highlighting our work on obesity and non-communicable diseases in Kenya:
“You find young people at university want to add weight and grow a belly as a status symbol. It’s that bad,” says Stephen Ogweno, CEO of Stowelink, a youth-led enterprise aimed at combating NCDs. “There is still this perception that needs to change.”
For well-off Kenyans, Dr Wyckliffe Kaisha has the answer. One of the few surgeons in the country to perform bariatric – or weight loss – surgery such as gastric bypasses, he has seen a significant increase in patients, partly due to Covid-19, which alerted more people to the ramifications of obesity, diabetes and hypertension.One of his patients, a 29-year-old who last year had a sleeve gastrectomy – involving removing part of her stomach – has no regrets.
“It requires somebody to be psychologically and emotionally prepared because it is not easy, especially if you’re used to taking a lot of junk [food]. I really loved chips. Nowadays I can’t even stand the smell of fries,” she says.
Read the full feature on the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/may/31/stalked-by-hunger-but-fighting-obesity-Kenya-hidden-food-crisis-acc
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