Doesn\u2019t it bother you that one in every three persons in Accra above the age of 40 is hypertensive? For me, it does! A recent report by the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) attributes this to urbanization.<\/p>\n
Remember the days when we called diabetes and hypertension the rich man\u2019s diseases? Indeed it was. Some few years ago, it was not common to drive your own private car, eat from a restaurant, sit for long hours in air-conditioned offices and drink coffee to keep warm. Today, that is actually the norm, improved economic conditions among the middle class has resulted in more luxury and less activity. Ever walked the stair case lately? Did you notice the way you were panting and gasping for breath? Aha! That\u2019s what I mean. More elevators in public buildings are making our lives easier but it\u2019s also limiting us from \u2018induced exercises\u2019.<\/p>\n
Urbanization has caught up with us, our lifestyles are changing, our tastes and preferences are advancing. You must be \u2018quick\/fast\u2019 to meet the demands of every urban city. Quick Service! Is more preferred to Quality Service! Quick Fix! Fast Food! Fast Cars! Fast Lanes! Everything is fast. Master, \u2018Abrabo\u2019 has become soo fast that, people are even sleeping less and less time for recreation. So, to catch up, you must be fast. Eat fast, drive fast and care less for your health\u2019s needs-this is where we are today and it is actually going to be worst as we aspire to become a developed economy. That\u2019s why people can\u2019t afford to go the gym or join a health club.<\/p>\n
We are eating to please only the taste buds; more salts, more sugar, more fat, more pork chops, more oily chicken, more seasonings, more alcohol, more \u2018smoke\u2019, more of virtually everything. We are growing weaker and weaker by the day. What even bothers me are the ages of these people who fill the drinking bars today; young people drinking all manner of what they call \u201ccocktails\u201d a mixture of every alcoholic beverage on sight. In the end they shatter their kidneys and livers before they know it. We are neglecting all our healthy meals of fresh vegetables to \u2018urbanized\u2019 junk food made of nothing but fat, fat and more fat! People have no energy these days and to make up for it, they take in all kinds of supplements; pills, energy drink and more pills, before you know\u2026 911!<\/p>\n
This was partly my motivation for writing the \u201cbicycle lane\u201d story. We cannot do anything about the urbanization and its demand on our lifestyle\u2026after all man must eat. What we can do is find smarter ways of exercising. Avoiding the late night eating, eat healthy meals, do some aerobics in your room and cut the excesses. We can induce exercises among our working class if can encourage some ridding of bicycles within some convenient distances. City Authorities must also care about this story and ask themselves this question; how do we make our city dwellers healthy? If they start with this question, things would start falling in place. At the level of management, something can be done. Encourage some exercises in the offices. For instance, declare a week of \u2018no-elevator\u2019 and let staff walk up and down the stair to induce some exercise. Thankfully, the offices of NPA have no elevator and walking up and down the three storey stair case is helping staff to exercise. It may not be a deliberate strategy but it\u2019s helping staff to get some exercise.<\/p>\n
Management can also draw a Physical Exercise (PE) rota for staff and subsidize gym fees to encourage staff to go get some exercise. Also at the workplace, management can create \u2018fruits break\u201d for staff-where fruits would be served at least once a day, either before\/after lunch to boost the health of employees. This would make employees healthy and fit. After all, employees are the greatest assets of every organization. In addition to these, the report by KATH calls on the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to undertake some public education on how people can stay healthy.<\/p>\n
Besides all these, YOU, I mean YOU even have the utmost responsibility to stay healthy. Just as Paul said in Philippians 2:12, 13; \u201cwork out your own salvation with fear and trembling\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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