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Fahimtar yawaitar kiba a Najeriya

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Updated: Feb 24, 2024




Najeriya na fuskantar barazanar kiba. An kiyasta cewa kimanin mutane miliyan goma sha biyu a Najeriya za su yi kiba nan da shekara ta 2020 (1). Canje-canje a cikin tsarin abincin da aka kwatanta ta hanyar amfani da abinci da aka sarrafa sun haɓaka yawan kiba (1).


Sabanin haka, biranen tattalin arziki irin su Accra (Ghana) da Kinshasa (Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kwango) suna da kiba sosai tare da Najeriya, wanda ke nuna tasirin biranen kan abincin gargajiya (4, 5). Akasin haka, bayanai sun nuna cewa an sami yawaitar kiba a Masar fiye da Najeriya (6,7).


Legas da Abuja, babban birnin Najeriya, suna da yawan kiba (1). Alkaluman kiba daga wasu garuruwa sun nuna cewa sama da kashi ashirin cikin dari na mutanen Landan suna da kiba (2) kuma sama da kashi goma sha biyu na New York suna da kiba (3). Don haka, yawan kiba a garuruwan Najeriya bai kai na sauran manyan garuruwan Yammacin Turai ba (1,2).


Biranen Japan kamar Tokyo suna nuna ƙarancin kiba da ba a saba gani ba idan aka kwatanta da kwatankwacin garuruwan Yamma (3). A cikin birane kamar Tokyo, halaye masu alaƙa da cin abinci da tafiya na iya taimaka wa waɗannan mutane su kula da ƙarancin nauyi. Don haka bai kamata a kalli karuwar kiba a wasu manyan biranen Najeriya kamar Abuja da Legas ba. Madrid birni ne mai ƙarancin jama'a fiye da London da New York City (8).


Wannan taƙaitaccen ƙimar kiba yana nuna tasirin yanayin abinci da salon rayuwa akan matakan kiba. Don haka har yanzu garuruwa irin su Legas da Abuja na kan wani mataki da za a iya dakile matsalolin da ke da nasaba da kiba da ake gani a kasashen yammacin duniya.

Kara karantawa

(1) Adeloye, D., Ige-Elegbede, J.O., Ezejimofor, M., Owolabi, E.O., Ezeigwe, N., Omoyele, C., Mpazanje, R.G., Dewan, M.T., Agogo, E., Gadanya, M.A. and Alemu, W., 2021. Estimating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Nigeria in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of medicine, 53(1), pp.495-507. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07853890.2021.1897665 

(2) Aswathikutty, A., Marcenes, W., Stansfeld, S.A. and Bernabé, E., 2017. Obesity, physical activity and traumatic dental injuries in adolescents from East London. Dental traumatology, 33(2), pp.137-142. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069253/7/Aswathikutty_Obesity_physical_activity_and_ASWATHIKUTTY_Publishedonline19January2017_GREEN_AAM_.pdf 

(3) Tamakoshi, A., Yatsuya, H., Lin, Y., Tamakoshi, K., Kondo, T., Suzuki, S., Yagyu, K., Kikuchi, S. and JACC Study Group, 2010. BMI and all‐cause mortality among Japanese older adults: findings from the Japan collaborative cohort study. Obesity, 18(2), pp.362-369.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1038/oby.2009.190 

(4) Duda, R.B., Darko, R., Seffah, J., Adanu, R.M., Anarfi, J.K. and Hill, A.G., 2007. Prevalence of obesity in women of Accra, Ghana. African Journal of Health Sciences, 14(3), pp.154-159. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajhs/article/download/30855/62546 

(5) On’Kin, J.K.L., Longo-Mbenza, B., Okwe, A.N. and Kabangu, N.K., 2007. Survey of abdominal obesities in an adult urban population of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 18(5), p.300. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975547/ 

(6) Mowafi, M., Khadr, Z., Kawachi, I., Subramanian, S.V., Hill, A. and Bennett, G.G., 2014. Socioeconomic status and obesity in Cairo, Egypt: a heavy burden for all. Journal of epidemiology and global health, 4(1), pp.13-21. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210600613000877 

(7) Aboulghate, M., Elaghoury, A., Elebrashy, I., Elkafrawy, N., Elshishiney, G., Abul-Magd, E., Bassiouny, E., Toaima, D., Elezbawy, B., Fasseeh, A. and Abaza, S., 2021. The burden of obesity in Egypt. Frontiers in public health, 9, p.718978. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.718978/full 

(8) Cereijo, L., Gullón, P., Del Cura, I., Valadés, D., Bilal, U., Badland, H. and Franco, M., 2022. Exercise facilities and the prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes in the city of Madrid. Diabetologia, 65, pp.150-158. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00125-021-05582-5

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