The National council member of the Communist Party of India, K. Prakash Babu, has said that unhealthy food habits of the people of Kerala are making a big contribution for the increase in lifestyle diseases in the State.
Parents are also adding to the cause by providing ‘thattukada’ fast food to their children, he said.
Mr. Babu said this while inaugurating a seminar on “Hazardous food and increasing incidence of cancer in Kerala” here on Saturday organised as a prelude to the State conference of the Kerala Gazetted Officers Federation fixed to be held here next month.
He said that lifestyle diseases are demolishing all the achievements on the health front made by Kerala in the past. Tuberculosis which was under control in the State has made an alarming comeback. Statistics show that about 40,000 persons contract cancer in the State every year.
Mr. Prakash Babu said that while Kerala depends upon Tamil Nadu for most of its food, that State is employing double standards when it comes to farming food for Kerala. While safe food is farmed for consumption in Tamil Nadu, all kinds of harmful chemicals are used for farm products sent to Kerala. This is to harvest more food in less time and unscrupulous traders are behind the whole operation, he said.
Fast food
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High incidence of cancer in Kerala