The fact that more than 63 per cent of the deaths around the world were linked to Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) was enough to have health officials across the globe put measures in place to arrest the health threat.This is according to Minister of Health,Cheap Jerseys USA, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, who pointed out that this percentage of death does not even include neuro-psychiatric disorders such as suicide, substance abuse which are all listed among the NCDs.“When those are added,NFL Jerseys Supply, more than 75 per cent of all deaths are linked to the NCDs.? In our own country more than 60 per cent of the NCDs are linked to diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases and cancers.? When you add the other causes of chronic diseases such as asthma, neuro-psychiatric illnesses we can account for more than 80 per cent of all deaths,” Minister Ramsammy said.The Minister further debunked the common belief that resonates the world over that it is the spectacular diseases the likes of Ebola, HIV and malaria and other communicable infectious diseases that are responsible for a high percentage of deaths.? In fact, he revealed that such diseases are only accountable for between 10 and 12 percent of all deaths.? “When we consider then, the things that make us very sick and the things that cause death in our country, there are a group of diseases that largely are driven by our life choices or our lifestyles.”Minister Carolyn Rodrigues leads the way in getting a medical check-up yesterday.He pointed out that the major risk factors for communicable diseases are: how we eat, whether we are active enough,China Jerseys NFL Wholesale, whether we smoke and how we use alcohol. But according to the Minister it has been established that “most of us don’t eat well. In a country like Guyana where more than two-thirds of us do not eat adequate amounts of vegetables and fruits it is an unforgivable thing. It’s criminal in a country like Guyana that we can say that…”Additionally, the Minister asserted that about 90 percent of the population consumes salt, stressing that “we have a habit of adding more salt. Virtually everything that we import in terms of processed foods contains two to three times more salt than is recommended on daily basis and we over consume sugar.”In essence, when it comes to eating, Guyana and the rest of the world are doing a terrible job, the Minister opined. He revealed that the daily recommended calorie intake is about 2,200,CHeap NFL Jerseys China, stressing that an average Guyanese meal is in excess of 2,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping,700 calories.The Minister’s revealing remarks were forthcoming yesterday during the launch of the Workplace Wellness Programme for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.According to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, the collaboration with the Ministry of Health was influenced by a number of factors,Jerseys From China, primary among them a genuine care for the health and wellbeing of workers.Acknowledging the hectic schedules of the 100-odd workers who make up the workforce between the Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Trade Ministries, the Minister alluded to the fact that many of them are understandably too busy to make time for a medical check-up.“I thought that we could take a few hours and bring them right here to get much needed medical examinations…”She alluded to the fact that this follows on the historic move by Guyana to lead in a major way the cause of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases at the level of the United Nations in New York recently, where she and Minister Ramsammy shared the spotlight.Minister Rodrigues-Birkett said that the efforts at the UN meeting were well commended and endorsed which now see measures being put in place to ensure that “we walk the talk. We can’t be advocating that the world needs to pay attention to this and then at home we are not doing it.? We have decided that we will lead by example”.