Dr. Mourad Adala, director of the Tunisian Medical Center for the Surgery of Obesity and Diabetes, specialist in digestive surgery, indicated, Saturday, in Tataouine, that “the effective treatment of obesity makes it possible to reduce the cost of care for the State and to improve the quality of life of the individual and society.
“The treatment of diseases associated with obesity, such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, generates significant health expenses, borne by the State,” noted Dr Mourad Adala, adding that obesity, which is a chronic disease, is responsible for a high number of deaths.
In a statement given to TAP Agency, on the sidelines of a forum organized by the Tunisian Pharmacology Association (ATP), Dr Adala emphasized the importance of prevention, awareness and encouragement to practice sport on the part of everyone, in addition to a healthy diet and to adopt healthy behaviors, avoiding smoking, alcoholic beverages and staying up late.
As for the increase in the rate of obesity among children, he stressed that its causes are different and can be genetic and social, calling for avoiding bad habits and taking advantage of fasting, a means of reducing obesity. weight, including the intermittent fasting method. According to him, you have to follow the right method to do intermittent fasting and obtain a positive effect.
He also underlined the importance of the role of the pharmacist, the family doctor, the public sector, specialists in endocrinology, pulmonary diseases, cardiovascular diseases and surgeons, for the treatment of this chronic disease.
-For his part, the secretary general of the ATP indicated that this forum is part of the continuing training of pharmacists, specifying that the choice of the disease of obesity is explained by its importance both for the citizen as for the State, calling for prevention and raising awareness among people exposed to this disease.
He stressed that children and women are the most affected by obesity, in the absence of physical activities and due to poor eating habits, in addition to stress and other factors, noting that obesity affects two thirds of women in Tunisia.