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banking services chronicle book Published this article But the poor are now falling into the trap of bad food. The study also found that conversely it was the more socio-economically advanced rural areas that were falling prey to diabetes. It is an epidemic that is in a state of transition it noted. With such large numbers of poor in urban areas and such large numbers of the getting-rich in rural areas this can easily get out of hand. We are going from lack of food or malnutrition to overnutrition because of bad food. This is a transition that we must avoid. The fact is that India has what can only be described as a double burden of diseases. We have the diseases of the poor—everything from malnutrition to cholera. But we also have the diseases of the rich—cancer and diabetes. banking services chronicle book
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services chronicle march 2021 Published
this article Worse as the ICMR study
shows the poor who can illafford the diseases of the rich are now afflicted by
them. But this is where the policy of prevention must kick in. We know that
these diseases—called non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by the health
community—are connected to our lifestyles. What do we eat? What air do we
breathe? And what environment we live in? These are part of the package of
toxic development. A model of development where we first pollute and then think
of cleaning up. A model where we first industrialisechemicalise our food eat
unhealthy junk and then think of going to the gym to exercise or eat organic.
But the question is can we not avoid the transition? Can we not go from being
poor but unhealthy to being rich and healthy? Why should we inherit the diseases
of a lifestyle that can be so easily avoided? This is where change is
essential. This is where we need to make crucial linkages—between our health
and the health of the environment. Today it is polluted water which is visible
in the death of our rivers. banking services chronicle march 2021
