Obesity Panamas biggest health problem

The disease that most affects Panama is obesity with 45 percent of the population listed as obese or overweight says a Ministry of Health (Minsa)  report released on Wednesday, October  3.

Since 2015, when the preventive health census was started until   August 17, 2018, a total of 578, 478 adults of 40 years or more have been assessed.

The census figures indicate that the diseases that follow obesity are: hyperlipidemia, 38%, hypertension, with 35%; diabetes mellitus, with 13%, and kidney diseases  3%.

Fifteen percent  of children between 7-9 years old are obese