‘90pc Pakistanis lack physical activity leading to NCDs’
July 12, 2021
Rawalpindi : Vice Chancellor Health Services Academy Islamabad Prof Dr. Shehzad Ali Khan here on Sunday said the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have increased to dangerous levels and would further rise amid no change in people’s lifestyle.
“It takes time to change the lifestyle as 90 percent of Pakistanis do not do physical activity and only 10 percent of them only walk or exercise, leading to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) during the last ten years,” said Dr Shehzad while addressing the concluding session of a two-day international conference on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) under the auspices of Pakistan National Heart Association (PANAH) along with Chairperson, Chancellor Riphah University Rawalpindi Dr. Hassan Mehmood Khan.