In Panama, health authorities are urging the promotion of exercise as an effective tool for preventing non-communicable diseases.

Health authorities in Panama have urged the promotion of physical exercise as an effective tool to prevent non-communicable diseases. The call comes in response to high rates of overweight individuals within the population and statistics showing that non-communicable conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory illnesses, and cancer, account for one of every two deaths annually in the country.