According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, and respiratory diseases are the four main non-communicable ailments taking a toll on the lives of both children and adults.
Young people, owing to their eating habits and lifestyles, bear the biggest burden of these diseases.According to the WHO non-communicable diseases country profiles of 2014, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases account for a bigger percentage among men and women below 70 years.