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Study show that most Kenyan women are obese or overweight

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One in three women in Kenya is either overweight or obese, with Central Kenya having the highest number of reported cases.

According to Gladys Mugambi of the Ministry of Health's Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, the most affected by obesity are women of reproductive health age.

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