DISHAA will Enlighten Youth's Disha

DISHAA will Enlighten Youth's Disha

The young and the adolescent are the most affected by the changing life style and this has resulted in more than 3 crore obese people in India. If the speed remains the same the condition will be alarming. Surprisingly of these three crore people 20% is school going children.

 

The young and the adolescent are the most affected by the changing life style and this has resulted in more than 3 crore obese people in India. If the speed remains the same the condition will be alarming. Surprisingly of these three crore people 20% is school going children.

DISHAA will Enlighten Youth's Disha

Today in a press conference Endocrinologist and the state coordinator of project DISHAA, Dr D.C.Sharma told that this project DISHAA is being launched with an aim to create awareness and impart knowledge about the prevention of such non-communicable disease (NCD).

The project will initially start from Udaipur and its vicinity and later on it will be carried to the state level.

Dr. Sharma informed that the number of obese people in India has increased by about 175% in the last decade and it is continuously rising.

The number of diabetics is five crore and it is expected that with such a growth rate the number of diabetics in India will cross six crores by the year 2025.

He told the reporters that obesity is responsible for many other problems like Diabetes, Blood Pressure and Cardiac disorders.

A diabetic is 3 to 4 times more prone to heart problems as compared to a normal person. The effect of the problems is more severe in middle and upper middle class families.

Rotary Club President Dr. Nirmal Kumawat and Secretary Girish Mehta told that the club in association with DISHAA will go to various places to give this message that by adopting proper life style one can prevent himself from these diseases.

The programme aims to reach each and every village and hamlet to create this awareness.

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