Campaign for Good Nutrition, Exercise and Healthy Living

The Ti’bilon Healthcare Foundation in fulfilling one of its objectives organized a road walk on Good Nutrition, Exercise and Healthy Living to sensitize the general public on the importance of balance diet and exercise. According to the World Health Organization (WHO):

• In 2022, 1 in 8 people in the world were living with obesity.
• Worldwide adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990, and adolescent obesity has quadrupled.
• In 2022, 2.5 billion adults (18 years and older) were overweight. Of these, 890 million were living with obesity.
• In 2022, 43% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight and 16% were living with obesity.
• In 2022, 37 million children under the age of 5 were overweight.
• Over 390 million children and adolescents aged 5–19 years were overweight in 2022, including 160 million who were living with obesity.

The road walk began at 9:00am with little stretching exercises, coordinated by SixFootPlus  (MC). Thereafter, officers from the Federal Road Safety Commission guided kicked off with music, excitement and fun. We stopped at strategic locations like the popular Utako market, Access Bank Utako as people’s attention were drawn to us  and received our message warmly.

Over 75 volunteers participated in the colourful road show as people from all works of life united with one voice to promote healthy living for Nigerians. Pastor Wilson Akubo (Branch Pastor Family Worship, Wuye, Abuja) joined in the walk as educative fliers on healthy eating habits were distributed,  free blood pressure checks and blood sugar checks was conducted, branded materials: t-shirts, face caps and hand towels added colour to the walk, water for the road with a DJ and an MC combining to add live and energy to the campaign.

Like everything that has a beginning has an end, the road walk ended by 11:20am. Pastor Wilson Akubo declared  “You are stronger than you think.” He said “we walked 7kms.” He charged us to practice what we have learned about good nutrition and exercise and closed the activity with a prayer.

Dr Tochukwu Nnamoko (Executive Director of the Foundation) and his wife Mrs. Ifeatu Tochukwu were visibly present and played major active role in the road walk with the provision of cold bottled water and nutritious healthy juices as light refreshments for all the volunteers before and after the road walk.

The road walk was a big success with an increased call for more. Find here pictures from the Campaign