Diabetes and hypertension prevalence are steeply increasing across the entire country.
This was highlighted by Dr Suresh Venkita - Medical Doctor and Chief Physician (Cardiology and internal medicine) at the Pacific International Hospital.
And Dr Venkita blames this on the changing lifestyle and diet of Papua New Guineans over the last few years.
He says people who were once very physically active are hardly active these days.
“The urban settings have become very different now. Supermarket and food culture has changed everyone’s body weight dramatically,” he said.
The reminder to exercise a healthy lifestyle comes a day before United Nation’s World Health Day which falls tomorrow.