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Tue, 04/26/2011 - 05:43
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Junk Food Too Causes Increasing Number Of Kidney Patients
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) - The move by the Health Ministry to ban
selling of junk food in school canteens should be supported by everyone as
unhealthy food is also driving up the number of kidney patients.
A kidney expert from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital (HUKM)
Dr Norella Kong said it was alarming to see the number of new kidney
patients reaching about 3,000 a year.
She said people's unhealthy lifestyle practices such as ignoring healthy
food intake was among the reasons for the increasing number of kidney patients
each year.
"If from young as children, people have been eating less nutritious food
like junk food, it can affect their kidneys. So, I agree if the ministry comes
up with regulations of what kind of food can be served or sold at the school
canteens," she told reporters at the MAA-Medicare Kidney Charity Dialysis
Centre, here, Monday.
Junk food is said to be loaded with preservatives, fats and sugars which are
difficult for the kidney to process. They put a strain on the kidney and over
time, this will adversely affect its functioning.
Based on the National Renal Registry, the total number of patients on
dialysis had grown from 6,689 in 2000 to 21,159 in 2009, putting a serious
strain on Malaysia's health resources.
The new guideline on food sold in school canteens, which includes frequency
of food served, is expected to be issued next month.
Earlier, MMA-Medicentre vice-president Aliyah Karen said it had received
RM1.47 million (US$1=RM2.99) in donations through its "Direct Mailer Appeal
Project" which started in December last year.
With the donations, the number of dialysis machines at the organisation's
12 centres increased to 178 and part of the money would also be used to renovate
the centre here which was built in 1994.
The MAA-Medicare Kidney Charity Dialysis Centre is a non-governmental
organisation which was established by insurance company, MAA to help kidney
patients nationwide.
Its 12 branches have more than 700 patients.
selling of junk food in school canteens should be supported by everyone as
unhealthy food is also driving up the number of kidney patients.
A kidney expert from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital (HUKM)
Dr Norella Kong said it was alarming to see the number of new kidney
patients reaching about 3,000 a year.
She said people's unhealthy lifestyle practices such as ignoring healthy
food intake was among the reasons for the increasing number of kidney patients
each year.
"If from young as children, people have been eating less nutritious food
like junk food, it can affect their kidneys. So, I agree if the ministry comes
up with regulations of what kind of food can be served or sold at the school
canteens," she told reporters at the MAA-Medicare Kidney Charity Dialysis
Centre, here, Monday.
Junk food is said to be loaded with preservatives, fats and sugars which are
difficult for the kidney to process. They put a strain on the kidney and over
time, this will adversely affect its functioning.
Based on the National Renal Registry, the total number of patients on
dialysis had grown from 6,689 in 2000 to 21,159 in 2009, putting a serious
strain on Malaysia's health resources.
The new guideline on food sold in school canteens, which includes frequency
of food served, is expected to be issued next month.
Earlier, MMA-Medicentre vice-president Aliyah Karen said it had received
RM1.47 million (US$1=RM2.99) in donations through its "Direct Mailer Appeal
Project" which started in December last year.
With the donations, the number of dialysis machines at the organisation's
12 centres increased to 178 and part of the money would also be used to renovate
the centre here which was built in 1994.
The MAA-Medicare Kidney Charity Dialysis Centre is a non-governmental
organisation which was established by insurance company, MAA to help kidney
patients nationwide.
Its 12 branches have more than 700 patients.
