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YOUR MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO LOSE   Man jumps to death at U.C.H 03 May 2018   |   4:22 am University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan ''A man in his early 50s yesterday morning committed suicide by deliberately plunging from the fifth floor of the administrative building of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan,Oyo State. The incident, which caught many people unawares, attracted their attention when they suddenly saw the man landing with a thud on the cemented floor outside the Mortuary Department of the hospital. Dressed in blue native attire and wearing a pair of palm sandals, the deceased, whose identity was yet to be ascertained by the police as at the time of filing this report, smashed his head when he hit it the floor''. The news caption above is just one of the several recent stories of individuals who have succumbed to defeat from mental struggles they had to go ...

THE BURDEN OF OBESITY If you're obese,evidence says you're at an increased risk for developing serious health problems down the road even if you're healthy right now . Obesity is a condition in which fat accumulates in the body to point where it is a risk factor or marker for a number of chronic diseases,cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and cancer and has adverse effects on overall health. Body mass index(BMI) calculated as weight in kilogram(kg) divided by height in metere squared,is one of the most commonly used screening tools to measure and characterize obesity. A BMI of 25 to <30kg/m 2 is defined as overnight and BMI ≥ 30kg/m 2 is classified as obese. In 2014,more than 2.1billion people,nearly 30% of the global population were overweight or obese and 5% of the deaths worldwide were attributable to obesity.If the incidence continues at this rate,almost half of the world's adult population will be overweight or obese by 2030. ...