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WTO figures show that 37% of deaths in Africa were related to overweight in 2019, rising from 24% in 2000. If unchecked, millions of people, including children, risk living shorter lives under the burden of poor health.
Most packaged food and beverages in Kenya fail to meet new government nutrition requirements and should be labelled with a health warning, according to a report by the NGO Access to Nutrition Initiative.
Last month, Kenya’s Ministry of Health released its nutrient profile model, which requires processed food with high levels of sugar, fat, and salt to carry a mandatory front-of-package warning label. The initiative is considered a crucial step in combating the emerging obesity crisis hitting all of Africa: 45% of women and 26% of men in Africa will be overweight or obese by 2030, according to the World Obesity Foundation.
WTO figures show that 37% of deaths in Africa were related to overweight in 2019, rising from 24% in 2000. If unchecked, millions of people, including children, risk living shorter lives under the burden of poor health.
There has been a significant shift in food habits across Africa, according to the global health organisation. Large-scale urbanisation, higher incomes, and a proliferation of supermarkets, fast-food chains, hyper-processed foods, etc, have changed the dietary habits of Africans.
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The Kenyan nutrition label is just the latest initiative aimed at strengthening food regulation and increasing consumer awareness about healthy nutrition after a new 4% sugar tax was introduced in February.
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