New Delhi, 1 March (IANS). Health coach Luke Coutinho said that there is a need for awareness on junk food to fight obesity in India. He praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative for fighting obesity in the country.
During a visit to an Anganwadi center in New Delhi, Cooutinho said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is absolutely correct in his view of obesity.”
“We need to make children and adults aware of junk food, which is contributing to a big problem like obesity,” said.
He said that nutrition should start from an early age and education about nutrition should be imparted in languages across the country.
He also emphasized the need to increase access to local superfoods such as coarse grains. Coutinho, co-founder of Luke Coutinho Holistic Healing System, said, “PM Modi has encouraged us to use local superfood. We can maintain a natural balanced diet with these foods and get protein, carbohydrates and fat in balanced amounts.
In the 119th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Prime Minister Modi discussed the increasing cases of obesity and the need to stop it as it can cause many diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer. According to a recent study, today one in every eight people is troubled by the problem of obesity.
Prime Minister Modi had said, “Obesity cases have doubled in the past years, but even more worrying is that the problem of obesity in children has increased four times. WHO figures show that in 2022, around 250 crore people were overweight worldwide, ie their weight was more than necessary.”
He suggested “a reduction of edible oil consumption by 10 percent”.
Expressing support for the campaign against obesity, he said, “Everyone should take personal responsibility as an Indian citizen, should contribute, choose the right food, exercise daily and focus on his mental and emotional health.”
In this case, the expert says that we need awareness and awareness and to promote home to make India healthy.
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