Diabetes, Heart Attack, Blood Pressure, Stroke, High Cholestrol... Throughout my childhood I have heard about people in their fifties or sixties suffering from these problems. Now at 28 years of age, I see people my age or even younger to me suffering from these!
These are no more Degenerative diseases - which would affect a person because of old age, they have become Lifestyle diseases - the diseases which affect a person because of their lifestyle. More and more young people are increasingly becoming unwell. In our country, we see cases of diabetes in kids as young as 16 years old! No wonder India is being called the 'Disease Capital of the World'.
Now the question is - Can this be prevented?
A large chunk of India's population is youth below 40 years of age. With these diseases now striking Inida's youth, it is high time that we take a look at the factors causing them and ways to eliminate them.
Look out for my next post to identify the causes of above and ways to eliminate them
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