It is time to address the weighty issue of obesity

Adults should get more physically active by jogging, walking, running and even going to gyms. [iStockphoto]

Reports that close to a third of the adult population in Kenya is overweight or obese is worrying and needs urgent attention.

We urgently need to change our ways as a society, otherwise, obesity might snowball into a crisis that will erode most households’ income due to diseases associated with being overweight and obese such as hypertension and diabetes.