Kern County ranked fourth in highest rates of death from heart disease

“I am talking more about nutrition.”

Posted: 4:36 PM, Feb 14, 2022 Updated: 6:30 PM, Feb 14, 2022. By: Vania Patino, 23ABC , Muska Olumi, 23ABC. Parthiban Munnainathan, MD, Associate Medical Director at Omni Family Health.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Public health leaders in Kern County say that 78% of adults here are either overweight or above the overweight mark and more Kern County residents die from diabetes than anywhere else in California.

“There are a lot more Hispanic communities here, and also African American communities here. We have seen there is an increase in obesity prevalence in those communities,” said Dr. Parthiban Munnainathan, Omni Family Health.