‘Unhealthy food habits to blame for lifestyle diseases’

Gains on health front impacted: CPI leader

April 19, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:39 am IST - KOLLAM:

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

culture deplored

High incidence of cancer in Kerala

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.