40% of the Kuwaiti population suffers from obesity

  • 17/07/2023

Dr. Abeer Al-Bahwa, Director of Health Promotion Department at Ministry of Health, said that the high rate of overweight and obesity in Kuwait, particularly among the population aged 18-29, and the abnormally high rate of physical inactivity, require early intervention to reduce the prevalence of obesity and overweight.

“Statistics show that Kuwait has the highest obesity and overweight rate in the Arab world,” he said in an interview on Saturday. “The percentage of overweight people in Kuwait is 77%, while the percentage of obese people is over 40.”

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