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Half of educated women of reproductive age in Kenya obese
Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha delivering her speech during the Launch of the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey main report at KICC in Nairobi on July 3, 2023. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG
Half of educated women of reproductive age in Kenya are overweight or obese, underlining the growing risk of lifestyle diseases in the country, a new government study has shown.
This compares to 20 percent of men in the same age group who were found to be obese by the Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHS) 2022 released on Monday.
