Shiv Sena’s Milind Deora lauds PM Modi’s Anti-Obesity Campaign,
Shiv Sena’s Milind Deora lauds PM Modi’s Anti-Obesity Campaign,
Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora lauded PM Modi’s national-level campaign on obesity and went on to state that he had asked Health Minister JP Nadda to initiate measures to control obesity and prevent a potential obesity crisis in India.
At the outset, he heartily admires
PM Modi for initiating a national-level campaign over obesity. Drawing inspiration from that campaign, when discussions were being held on the Health Budget, he had asked Health Minister JP Nadda and gave many suggestions to the Govt to control obesity and ensure of no obesity crisis in India
Further Deora underlined the role of sugar-based products and drinks in rising obesity levels. He went on to suggest that increasing taxation on such products through GST or other means could act as a deterrent.
He also called for a ban on advertisements by sugar companies that target children, citing international examples.
He suggested that ads of sugar companies targeting children needs to be banned across the country.
Infact Countries like Singapore have completely banned sugar companies’ ads that target children,” he states.
He further added in the days to come, he will meet Health Minister JP Nadda, and he’s for sure that in the drive on obesity that has been initiated by the PM, this will be an important step.
Earlier this month amidst addressing a gathering in Daman and Diu, PM Modi raised the issue of obesity and urged people to reduce their consumption of cooking oil by 10 per cent.
PM addressed the rising concern of lifestyle diseases.This alarming figure indicates that one in every three people could face serious health issues due to obesity, potentially making it a life-threatening condition.
He urged people to take proactive measures to combat obesity and suggested reducing cooking oil consumption by 10 per cent every month.
He asked everyone to take proactive steps to ‘reduce obesity’ and emphasized the importance of reducing the consumption of cooking oil by 10 per cent each month, asking people to ‘commit to using 10 per cent less oil in their daily cooking. PM Modi
further added that India is committed to achieving the vision of a developed nation.
He went on to emphasise that only a healthy nation can achieve such a goal.
News Edit KV Raman
