Generation And Health:
"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease"
Nowadays, a heart attack in 20s is not so uncommon.
Similarly gastro-intestinal diseases are also
taking its toll on people due to erratic food habits.
Earlier it used to be news when someone in the 20s had heart ailments.
But nowadays it is not so uncommon.
This syndrome has increased by leaps and bounds in the last few decades.
While Big Mac, Kentucky Fried Chicken
and many similar internationally fast food chains
are counting their annual turnovers with a overflowing cash register,
many more are making rounds to the doctor's chamber
for various ailments arising from the fast lifestyle
and the fast food they indulge in every day.
"All these gastro-intestinal diseases start making their presence
felt from the time a person turns 25,"
dyspepsia is common among the youth.
This often happens due to excessive work pressure, stress and food habits.
Stress is an unavoidable factor in the present lifestyle.
But food habit is mostly self-induced.
Youngsters usually like to gobble the lip-smacking fast food
instead of low calorie and hygienically prepared home-prepared food.
These habits usually lead to obesity and at times even to infertility.
Obese kids and youngsters are quite common these days.
If one does not take care at an early stage, the result could be fatal.
WHO warningStress leads to many other diseases like Diabetes Mellitus.
This is increasingly attacking the young Indian population.
The diabetic census of India in 1995 showed 19.4 million suffering from it; the projection for 2025 is 75 to 80 million.
Chennai is the diabetes capital of India.
Metropolis Health Services, a well-known diagnostic chain,
found through a survey based on blood samples of
535 women and 735 men
that Indians are more prone to diseases such as
heart ailments, asthma, cancers,
nervous and circulatory disorders,
diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
Same like our APJ Abdul Kalam
Ex-President of Government of India
World Health Organization (WHO)
also has projected that by 2020,
India will be the Diabetes Capital of the world.
It also predicts that by 2010,
India will have 100 million heart patients
WHO has alerted that in the coming days hypertension
will start spreading like epidemic if not controlled now.
"Hypertension, diabetes and obesity
are the three modifiable risk factors.
They are the harbinger of many other diseases in human body.
Nowadays, a heart attack in 20s is not so uncommon.
Similarly gastro-intestinal diseases are also
taking its toll on people due to erratic food habits.
Earlier it used to be news when someone in the 20s had heart ailments.
But nowadays it is not so uncommon.
This syndrome has increased by leaps and bounds in the last few decades.
While Big Mac, Kentucky Fried Chicken
and many similar internationally fast food chains
are counting their annual turnovers with a overflowing cash register,
many more are making rounds to the doctor's chamber
for various ailments arising from the fast lifestyle
and the fast food they indulge in every day.
"All these gastro-intestinal diseases start making their presence
felt from the time a person turns 25,"
dyspepsia is common among the youth.
This often happens due to excessive work pressure, stress and food habits.
Stress is an unavoidable factor in the present lifestyle.
But food habit is mostly self-induced.
Youngsters usually like to gobble the lip-smacking fast food
instead of low calorie and hygienically prepared home-prepared food.
These habits usually lead to obesity and at times even to infertility.
Obese kids and youngsters are quite common these days.
If one does not take care at an early stage, the result could be fatal.
WHO warningStress leads to many other diseases like Diabetes Mellitus.
This is increasingly attacking the young Indian population.
The diabetic census of India in 1995 showed 19.4 million suffering from it; the projection for 2025 is 75 to 80 million.
Chennai is the diabetes capital of India.
Metropolis Health Services, a well-known diagnostic chain,
found through a survey based on blood samples of
535 women and 735 men
that Indians are more prone to diseases such as
heart ailments, asthma, cancers,
nervous and circulatory disorders,
diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
Same like our APJ Abdul Kalam
Ex-President of Government of India
World Health Organization (WHO)
also has projected that by 2020,
India will be the Diabetes Capital of the world.
It also predicts that by 2010,
India will have 100 million heart patients
WHO has alerted that in the coming days hypertension
will start spreading like epidemic if not controlled now.
"Hypertension, diabetes and obesity
are the three modifiable risk factors.
They are the harbinger of many other diseases in human body.
This trend is not only seen in urban areas,
it is equally perceptible in rural areas.
We often don't hear about it from that zone because the awareness
level among the rural population is less and the
medical assistance available is very limited,"
Due to these ailments at an early age,
"we are also losing many talents early,"
All these modifiable risk factors overtly or covertly leads
to coronary arterial diseases in the long run.
Stress, diabetes and hypertension
increases the possibility
of coronary arterial disease by 360 per cent.
WHO advises doing physical exercise regularly,
be it yoga or free hand,
among people of all age groups.
Indians in general do not have the
habit of exercising to shed that extra flab.
He especially mentions Indian women who are homemakers;
they should allot some time for exercising because household work,
however much backbreaking it is, does not help to remain fit.
Excessive smoking and drinking among the
younger generation add to causes for developing
heart diseases at an early stage.
Drinking on a regular basis adds up the calories in one's body.
Hypertension and smoking increase the lipid profile in the body,
which is also called cholesterol.
High cholesterol also accelerates cardiac problems.
Fatty food lead to high cholesterol level. Air-conditioner woesAnother inseparable part of modern urban India is the air-conditioner
which in turn stokes many diseases.
Too much exposure to air-conditioning has a snowballing effect on the body.
Often people complain about backache and sinus problems
due to continued exposure to the air-conditioner.
People also complain about eye problems like
dry-eye or burning eyes or
eye irritations.
Exposure to air-conditioners and constant work at the computer
are some of the causes for these problems.
Though we cannot really do away with the modern gadgets today,
at least we can take some corrective measures
that will help us to reduce these problems.
Like wearing a specially coated spectacle while working a computer,
sitting in the right posture while working and taking care
of our spinal cord can prevent us from orthopedic diseases.
Eating healthy food can reduce diabetes and blood pressure level. To reiterate, just remember the words uttered by
Lord Buddha that human beings are authors
of their own health and We should take care of it to lead a happy and healthy life.
it is equally perceptible in rural areas.
We often don't hear about it from that zone because the awareness
level among the rural population is less and the
medical assistance available is very limited,"
Due to these ailments at an early age,
"we are also losing many talents early,"
All these modifiable risk factors overtly or covertly leads
to coronary arterial diseases in the long run.
Stress, diabetes and hypertension
increases the possibility
of coronary arterial disease by 360 per cent.
WHO advises doing physical exercise regularly,
be it yoga or free hand,
among people of all age groups.
Indians in general do not have the
habit of exercising to shed that extra flab.
He especially mentions Indian women who are homemakers;
they should allot some time for exercising because household work,
however much backbreaking it is, does not help to remain fit.
Excessive smoking and drinking among the
younger generation add to causes for developing
heart diseases at an early stage.
Drinking on a regular basis adds up the calories in one's body.
Hypertension and smoking increase the lipid profile in the body,
which is also called cholesterol.
High cholesterol also accelerates cardiac problems.
Fatty food lead to high cholesterol level. Air-conditioner woesAnother inseparable part of modern urban India is the air-conditioner
which in turn stokes many diseases.
Too much exposure to air-conditioning has a snowballing effect on the body.
Often people complain about backache and sinus problems
due to continued exposure to the air-conditioner.
People also complain about eye problems like
dry-eye or burning eyes or
eye irritations.
Exposure to air-conditioners and constant work at the computer
are some of the causes for these problems.
Though we cannot really do away with the modern gadgets today,
at least we can take some corrective measures
that will help us to reduce these problems.
Like wearing a specially coated spectacle while working a computer,
sitting in the right posture while working and taking care
of our spinal cord can prevent us from orthopedic diseases.
Eating healthy food can reduce diabetes and blood pressure level. To reiterate, just remember the words uttered by
Lord Buddha that human beings are authors
of their own health and We should take care of it to lead a happy and healthy life.
