State of non-communicable diseases in Nepal

Bhandari, Gajananda Prakash; Angdembe, Mirak Raj; Dhimal, Meghnath; Neupane, Sushma; Bhusal, Choplal

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-23

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“…Reduction in free sugar intake is vital to reduce chronic diseases such as diabetes, which are of increasing concern in Nepal (Bhandari et al . 2014). Additionally, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing in children younger than 5 years globally and is a contributor to diabetes and other chronic non‐communicable diseases in adulthood (Black et al 2013).…”

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High consumption of commercial food products among children less than 24 months of age and product promotion in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Pries

Huffman

Adhikary

et al. 2016

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Commercially produced complementary foods can help improve nutritional status of young children if they are appropriately fortified and of optimal nutrient composition. However, other commercially produced snack food products may be nutritionally detrimental, potentially increasing consumption of foods high in salt or sugar and displacing consumption of other more nutritious options. Helen Keller International, in collaboration with the Nepal government, implemented a study to assess mothers' utilization of commercial food products for child feeding and exposure to commercial promotions for these products. A cross‐sectional survey was conducted among 309 mothers of children less than 24 months of age across 15 health facilities. Utilization of breastmilk substitutes was low, having been consumed by 6.2% of children 0–5 months of age and 7.5% of children 6–23 months of age. Approximately one‐fourth (24.6%) of children 6–23 months age had consumed a commercially produced complementary food in the prior day. Twenty‐eight percent of mothers reported observing a promotion for breastmilk substitutes, and 20.1% reported promotions for commercially produced complementary foods. Consumption of commercially produced snack food products was high at 74.1% of children 6–23 months. Promotions for these same commercially produced snack food products were highly prevalent in Kathmandu Valley, reported by 85.4% of mothers. In order to improve diets during the complementary feeding period, development of national standards for complementary food products is recommended. Nutritious snack options should be promoted for the complementary feeding period; consumption of commercially produced snack food products high in sugar and salt and low in nutrients should be discouraged.

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High consumption of commercial food products among children less than 24 months of age and product promotion in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Pries

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Adhikary

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Maternal & Child Nutrition

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“…5 When it comes to Nepal, the prevalence of hypertension in various parts varies between studies which ranged between 3.3% and 44.9%. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Furthermore a repeat cross sectional study done in a rural Kathmandu revealed that prevalence of hypertension tripled from 6% in 1980 to 18% in 2006. 12 This figure indicates that the there is burgeoning burden of hypertension in Nepal.…”

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Prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in a sub-urban area of central Nepal

Shrestha

Devkota

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONNon communicable diseases (NCDs) are one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide afflicting more in developing countries. In 2012, of the total 56 million deaths worldwide, NCD accounted for more than 50% (i.e. 38 million deaths). Of these, more than 70% (28 million deaths) of NCD deaths occurred in low and middle income countries. 1It is interesting to note that, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) alone lead to 46.2% of NCD deaths followed by cancer, respiratory diseases and diabetes.2 Among cardiovascular diseases, the number of people with hypertension in developed countries is expected to increase by 24% from 333 million to 413 million while in developing countries by 80% from 639 million to 1.15 billion between 2000 and 2025. 3 This data depicts that almost three-quarters of the hypertensive population worldwide will be in developing countries by the year 2025 with the increment of global prevalence of hypertension by 9% in men and 13% in women between 2000 and 2015. 3 In Nepal, the scenario of hypertension is not different from other developing countries. ABSTRACTBackground: Burgeoning burden of non-communicable diseases (especially hypertension) along with communicable diseases has made the situation more worrying in an economically constraint countries like Nepal. Studies are therefore necessary to assess the actual burden of disease; however nominal studies have focused this situation especially in semi urban areas of Nepal. This study was therefore conducted with the main aim of assessing the prevalence of hypertension in suburban area of central Nepal and to find the associated risk factors. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in a sub urban area of Changunarayan municipality of Nepal utilizing consecutive convenience sampling method. A total of 240 consenting participants aged ≥18 were enrolled in the study. Data was collected using questionnaire and measurements of blood pressure, waist/hip circumference, height and weight were taken. Chi square test was used to assess the strength of relationship between the categorical variables with p value taken significant at ≤0.05. Only values with significant association were used to obtain the Odds Ratios (OR) via binary logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension was found to be 20.4% and 35.4% respectively. Further, study illustrates the significant association (p≤0.05) of age, gender, family type, presence of co-morbidities, smoking, alcohol intake habits, habit of adding salt, BMI and waist/hip ratio with hypertension. Conclusions: Results of high prevalence of hypertension and its association with several factors indicates the necessity for timely detection, treatment and control of hypertension using various strategies.

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“…[14] Nepal is a low-income country in South Asia with nearly 30 million inhabitants that emerged from a decade of conflict in 2006, which left the healthcare system fragile and under-resourced. [15] In addition, Nepal's rugged terrain and infrastructure deficiencies limit access to surgical care for much of the population, portending a substantial unmet surgical disease burden. [16] To estimate the surgical need in Nepal a countrywide, two-stage, cluster randomized survey was performed.…”

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confidence: 99%