‘Change in diet, exercise can minimise lifestyle diseases’

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 27

To create awareness about the causes of non-communicable diseases, the Health Department organised a cycle rally here on Saturday. While flagging off the rally from Khalsa College of Education, Ranjit Avenue, Civil Surgeon Dr Charanjit Singh said, “ A large percentage of the non-communicable diseases are lifestyle diseases and a little change in diet, daily routine and exercise can help in avoiding these problems”.

Dr Singh said that majority of the Covid patients who died had diseases as high blood pressure and diabetes. “We can easily avoid such physical problems by being a little more vigilant about what we eat and how we live our lives,” he said adding that lack of physical activities due to present day job profiles was one of the biggest causes of hypertension, diabetes and obesity.

He said that one should exercise/cycle daily apart from eating low salt and low fat food. People should also avoid drinking and smoking, he said.

District Family Welfare Officer Dr Jaspreet Sharma said that high blood pressure could prove to be very dangerous if not detected and treated in time. He added that similarly detection of cancer at an early stage helped in its treatment. “People should be aware of the symptoms, causes and treatment of common diseases,” he said.