Rural Municipality Chairman Rajkumar Malla said that the rural municipality has tried to ban the sale, distribution, and consumption of junk food and bottled beverages, but has not been successful.
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Chronically ill people have started to be found in remote and remote villages of Makawanpur. Diabetes and blood pressure problems have also been found among residents of hill settlements.
Yogendramehar Shrestha, a doctor at Raksirang Basic Hospital, said that many patients with diabetes and blood pressure have been found in Raksirang Rural Municipality. According to him, although the hill residents do not have a problem of obesity, many have been found with such diseases. He said that such diseases may also be seen because the villagers have a habit of drinking a lot of ready-made beverages.
‘Instead of water, the residents here drink ready-made beverages,’ he said, ‘Bottle drinks contain a lot of sugar, which has been found to increase blood sugar and blood pressure.’ Vijay Kapri, head of the health branch under Raksirang Rural Municipality, said that since coming for health check-ups at the basic hospital and during health check-ups at camps organized in the settlements, many patients with diabetes, blood pressure and bone pain have been found.
‘People here drink bottled soft drinks,’ he said, ‘I have seen a person drink a jumbo bottle of drinks at a time. They even take bottles of drinks with their meals and snacks.’
The rural municipality has tried to ban the sale, distribution and consumption of junk food and bottled drinks, but it has not been successful, said Rajkumar Malla, the rural municipality’s chairman. There is a 10-bed hospital in Thadochuri, Raksirang-5.
30 to 40 people come to the hospital for health check-ups daily. Doctor Shrestha said that 75 percent of them have diabetes, high blood pressure and bone and joint problems. Since the amount of sugar in ready-made drinks available in bottles is high, it can affect the human body if consumed in large quantities, said Bimala Pokharel, senior food officer at the Food Technology and Quality Control Office.
