World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7 April to raise awareness about health and related issues. This year's theme 'My Health, My Right' focuses on equal access to quality health care.
“You must be the guardian of your health. You must feel responsible for your health and do the right things. You only have one body that God gave you. You can change your car or house, but you cannot change your body. Can't change."Devastation, it's very difficult to reverse," Shetty, founder and chairman of Yo Narayana Health, once told IANS.
He said this as cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension and cancer, as well as obesity and many other mental health issues, are on the rise in India.
According to the recent 'Health of the Nation' report by Apollo Hospitals, more young Indians are facing the challenge of cancer. Nearly three out of four people are found to be either obese or overweight and the incidence of obesity is projected to increase from 9 percent in 2016 to 20 percent in 2023.
The incidence of hypertension is set to increase from 9 percent in 2016 to 13 percent in 2023, while two out of three Indians or 66 percent are in the pre-hypertensive stage. Furthermore, the data also revealed that one in 10 people has uncontrolled diabetes and one in three is prediabetic."You go out around seven o'clock or eight o'clock in major cities and just look at what people are doing. Everyone is eating, and it's become a pastime. And then you see young people struggling with obesity. Let's see. The root cause of most of the problems is sedentary life and foreign food, which is available to me at low prices," said the doctor.
Recently, cases of heart attacks and related deaths have been on the rise in India, ranging from school students to celebrities.
"Unfortunately, fit athletic people don't know their fitness, and heart issues have nothing to do with how fit people are.This is because more than 50 percent of heart patients do not have symptoms. And at first they are thin. "I know it's a big heart attack and a small percentage of them die," Shetty said.
Cardiologists said the increasing cases of heart attacks are not related to Covid-19 and in most of the cases, people already had some disease.
He also said that more than 50 percent of heart patients in India suffer from silent heart attacks, the main reason for which is high blood pressure.
To prevent this, "every adult Indian should undergo an annual preventive health checkup".
“Preventive testing is the only option we have.If someone suffers hearing loss it is proof of the failure of modern medicine. If individuals take responsibility for preventive checkups, where they can easily see their blood pressure, blood readings, hemoglobin, blood sugar, then most of the problem will be solved,” said Dr Shetty.--rvt/svn
“You must be the guardian of your health. You must feel responsible for your health and do the right things. You only have one body that God gave you. You can change your car or house, but you cannot change your body. Can't change."Devastation, it's very difficult to reverse," Shetty, founder and chairman of Yo Narayana Health, once told IANS.
He said this as cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension and cancer, as well as obesity and many other mental health issues, are on the rise in India.
According to the recent 'Health of the Nation' report by Apollo Hospitals, more young Indians are facing the challenge of cancer. Nearly three out of four people are found to be either obese or overweight and the incidence of obesity is projected to increase from 9 percent in 2016 to 20 percent in 2023.
The incidence of hypertension is set to increase from 9 percent in 2016 to 13 percent in 2023, while two out of three Indians or 66 percent are in the pre-hypertensive stage. Furthermore, the data also revealed that one in 10 people has uncontrolled diabetes and one in three is prediabetic."You go out around seven o'clock or eight o'clock in major cities and just look at what people are doing. Everyone is eating, and it's become a pastime. And then you see young people struggling with obesity. Let's see. The root cause of most of the problems is sedentary life and foreign food, which is available to me at low prices," said the doctor.
Recently, cases of heart attacks and related deaths have been on the rise in India, ranging from school students to celebrities.
"Unfortunately, fit athletic people don't know their fitness, and heart issues have nothing to do with how fit people are.This is because more than 50 percent of heart patients do not have symptoms. And at first they are thin. "I know it's a big heart attack and a small percentage of them die," Shetty said.
Cardiologists said the increasing cases of heart attacks are not related to Covid-19 and in most of the cases, people already had some disease.
He also said that more than 50 percent of heart patients in India suffer from silent heart attacks, the main reason for which is high blood pressure.
To prevent this, "every adult Indian should undergo an annual preventive health checkup".
“Preventive testing is the only option we have.If someone suffers hearing loss it is proof of the failure of modern medicine. If individuals take responsibility for preventive checkups, where they can easily see their blood pressure, blood readings, hemoglobin, blood sugar, then most of the problem will be solved,” said Dr Shetty.--rvt/svn