KARACHI: Health experts and medical scientists on Wednesday warned that over a quarter of Pakistani population is suffering from lifestyle disease, mainly diabetes, and if poor eating habits, particularly excessive use of rice and growing consumption of carbonated drinks, continue with the same pace the number could multiply over the next five to 10 years.
The experts wondered over the growing and “proud trend” of biryani that they believed could badly harm health if consumed excessively. Poor eating habits were one of the leading causes of diabetes in Pakistan, they believed.
“There is an immediate need for reinvention of Pakistani cuisine,” said Prof Tasnim Ahsan, a renowned internal medicine specialist and endocrinologist, while speaking at the launch of Discovering Diabetes project.