One Out Of Every Five Persons In Sri Lanka Suffering From High Blood Pressure And One Out Of Every Ten Suffering From Diabetes -Dr.Susie Perera

One out of every Five Sri Lankans  suffering from High  Blood Pressure  and One out of every Ten Sri Lankans suffering from Diabetes according to the Director of Organizing Development of the Health Ministry Dr.Susie Perera.

More than 25% of the Sri Lankan Population suffering from High Blood Pressure and 10% of the  persons over 20 years old in the country suffering from Diabetes Dr.Perera has stressed.

Due to the unhealthy food habits and life styles the number of persons suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes in the country are on the increase she has stressed.Due to these diseases more and more people are suffering from non communicable diseases like Heart Diseases,Stroke and Kidney Diseases Dr.Perera has revealed .

To Control the spreading of these non communicable diseases in the society the Health Ministry has introduced Super-8 Targets for the people  including reducing the daily consumption of Sugar,Reducing Salt Consumption ,Reducing Trans Fat Consumption ,Engage in healthy exercises like walking daily,Checking Blood Sugar Level annually and consuming vegetables and fruits daily
 .A Healthy Festival to introduce these Super-8 Targets for  the people is scheduled to be held in  04th of July at Bombuwala Dr.Susi Perera has said.