This health intervention was carried out recently in batches for three days by the Ministry of Health for retired senior citizens from the state civil service and the private sector under the auspices of the State Government sponsored Geriatric Nutrition Intervention programme.
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Ayogu, who is the Chief Medical Director, St. Stephen Specialist Hospital, Achara Layout, Enugu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Tuesday.
He said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.
Ogungbemi told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lafia that engaging in regular exercise prevents metabolic syndrome and also makes the body systems respond to insulin, thereby preventing diabetes and other diseases.
The exercise, according to the commission’s Unit Commander, Issele-Uku, Uche Chukwurah, was to check the blood pressure of commercial drivers who ply the federal highways within the jurisdiction of the unit command
She, however, advised hypertensive patients to check their blood pressure once in two weeks or once a month, depending on the individual