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Why many women in Nairobi are battling heart ailments

The Jumia Food Index report 2019 showed chicken as the most popular food delivery in the past three years, followed by pizza.

The fried chicken with skin and pizza are the top home deliveries and eat-outs for the ‘city girl,’ and the damage, doctors say.

Driven by taste, convenience and affordability, nutritionists say the number of overweight and women with clogging blood vessels in Nairobi is worrying.

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