Lifestyle diseases big health risk, 44 crore Indians may be suffering from obesity by 2050: PM
Mumbai, March 07, 2025.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed on the need to reduce weight as he cited a report which claimed that nearly 44 crore people in India may be obese by 2050.Calling obesity the root cause of many diseases, Modi urged people to fight the chronic health condition characterized by excessive body fat by doing regular physical exercises and reducing edible oil consumption by 10 per cent.He was addressing a gathering at Silvassa town in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, part of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu located adjoining Gujarat.At the event, Modi inaugurated as well as performed ground-breaking ceremony for development and infrastructure projects worth Rs 2,587 crore for the Union territory."Diseases linked to ...
