Girman kiba a Ƙasar Ingila

Kiba a Burtaniya babbar damuwa ce ta kiwon lafiya a wannan zamani, tare da hukumomi sun bayyana cewa yana daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ke iya hana mutuwa . A cikin Fabrairun 2016, tsohon Sakataren Lafiya Jeremy Hunt ya bayyana hauhawar kiba na yara a matsayin "gaggawa na kasa".  Shirin auna yara na ƙasa, wanda ke auna yawan kiba a tsakanin ɗaliban da suka kai makaranta a cikin aji na liyafar da shekara ta 6, sun sami matakan kiba a cikin ƙungiyoyin shekaru biyu sama da maki 4 cikin ɗari tsakanin 2019-20 da 2020-21, haɓaka mafi girma tun lokacin da shirin ya fara. Daga cikin yara masu shekaru liyafar, waɗanda shekaru huɗu da biyar, ƙimar kiba ya tashi daga 9.9% a cikin 2019-20 zuwa 14.4% a cikin 2020-21. A lokacin da suka kai shekaru 10 ko 11, fiye da kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu suna da kiba. A cikin watanni 12 kawai, ƙimar ya tashi daga 21% a cikin 2019-20 zuwa 25.5% a cikin 2020-21. 

Bayanai daga Binciken Kiwon Lafiya na Ingila (HSE) da aka gudanar a cikin 2018 ya nuna cewa 31% na manya a Ingila an gane su a matsayin kiba na asibiti tare da Jiki Mass Index (BMI) fiye da 30.   % na manya an rarraba su a matsayin kiba ko kiba (ma'auni na jiki na 25 ko sama), 103 bisa dari fiye da kashi 19 na maza. a cikin mata 10 sun kasance masu kiba ko kiba.  28% na yara masu shekaru tsakanin 2 da 15 shekaru (haɗe) sun kasance masu kiba daga cikinsu game da 15% na yara suna da kiba. 

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