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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Emaswati\u2019s unhealthy eating habits are a matter of death as they are the main risk factor for heart disease, diabetes and other forms of cancer, says Eswatini Medical Christian University (EMCU) Vice-Chancellor Paul Yang.<\/b><\/p>\n

Yang shared this concern when speaking at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the institution and medical diagnostic laboratory, Biolab Eswatini.<\/p>\n

The MoU will see the university\u2019s students getting placements at Biolab, internships, staff training and knowledge sharing in conducting clinical trials. Yang noted with concern that whenever eating in restaurants or buying from supermarkets, locals ingest food rich in fat, has too much sugar and meat.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of these foods are processed foods and are high in the bad kinds of sugars and fats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

fattening<\/p>\n

\u201cThey do not contain water and fibre but added fat, salt and sugar, which makes them both less filling and more fattening, and that is for one\u2019s health,\u201d he added. Yang advised for lifestyle changes to avoid serious health problems that could develop, especially the adoption of lack of exercise. \u201cIn order to increase the life expectancy, which is at about 60 years of age in the country, we need to take care of our bodies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Coming to the MoU, he said he hoped it would serve as an important opportunity to improve Emaswati\u2019s health. \u201cWe hope that the students will grow into stewards of the country\u2019s health system through exposure to Biolab,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Biolab\u2019s Executive Director, Sibusiso Hlatjwayo, said they were pleased with the agreement as they wanted to be part of the solution to the country\u2019s problems. \u201cThis business was born during COVID-19 when we realised that there was a huge gap in the public health system that needed to be filled and has only grown from then,\u201d he said. Hlatjwayo explained that they have learnt a lot since then, as they used to take samples to South Africa but then realised the risks in health security.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to improving the health system through deliberate investments because we are cognisant of the fact that the biggest gap in African healthcare is in diagnostics,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The executive director said Biolab genuinely valued partnerships because they understood that healthcare was an ecosystem. \u201cWe get calls from parents everyday complaining about how their children with expertise in our field are idle at home because of unemployment, so we are more than happy to have youngsters under our internship programme,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u2018…Our services underutilised\u2019<\/p>\n

Clinical dietician, Nosiphephelo Hlatshwayo, says it is unfortunate that their services are underutilised yet they could help easily prevent the costly complications of chronic diseases such as diabetes and kidney failure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agree with the fact that our diet is horrible to say the least and it is very sad that we are literally eating ourselves to an early grave when these diseases could have easily been avoided through dietary changes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have adopted the way Americans eat and it is killing us,\u201d she emphasised.<\/p>\n

Hlatshwayo said the country had qualified dieticians in public hospitals who were sadly not consulted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe senior dietician, Thandi Kunene, who is based at the Mbabane Government Hospital is absolutely amazing at what she does and I can tell you now, she is even an expert in low-carbs diet but somehow we have locals who are still struggling with what they should do,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same goes for my colleagues based in Manzini, Mankayane, Pigg\u2019s Peak and at the Clinic Group,\u201d she added, further highlighting that what was even more unfortunate was how even general practitioners were not referring patients to them when they know very well that the medication they prescribe could work even better with the right diet.<\/p>\n

She explained that the presumption that eating healthy was expensive was false because Africans were healthy before they started consuming the food they were given after colonisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lived longer and we were much slimmer, so that should tell you that we went wrong somewhere along the line, and this needs to be fixed urgently. Just look at how obese our children are.\u201d Hlatshwayo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and cut drastically on the carbohydrates because it is really not good for us,\u201d she advised.<\/p>\n

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