Egypt weighs in as the number
7
MOST OVERWEIGHT COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
Worldwide obesity has risen to titanic proportions, according to a new study in the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet, with nearly a third of the global population overweight or obese. Of the 2.1 billion overweight, Egypt weighs in, as the 7th most overweight country in the world.
THE MOST OVERWEIGHT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar rank among the most overweight countries in the world. In Egypt, nearly 70% of the adult population—about 56.5 million people—are considered to be overweight.
More than half of the
671
MILLION OBESE PEOPLE ARE ONLY IN 10 COUNTRIES
More than half of the 671 million obese people around the world are located in only 10 countries: the United States, China, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, Pakistan, and Indonesia, according to the study.
Diabetes affects
11
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL EGYPTIAN POPULATION
Diabetes has proven to be especially prevalent in Egypt and across the Middle East. The disease affects 11% of the Egyptian population, with that number expected to rise, with Egypt ranking ninth in the world but the good news is that Bariatric Surgery is now recognised as treatment of type 2 diabetes in the morbidly obese.
TYPE 2 DIABETES TREATMENT
According to the new Guidelines, bariatric surgery should be recommended to treat type 2 diabetes in patients with obesity when hyperglycaemia is inadequately controlled by lifestyle and medical therapy starting from a BMI of 30 kg/m2. See More Here