Right kind of food will help reduce disease burden on country: Health Min Harsh Vardhan

right kind of diet will help to reduce disease burden on country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday, while inaugurating second edition of 'Eat Right Mela'.

He stressed on importance of having a peoples' movement to encour public to have healthier diets.

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'Eat Right Mela'

He said that Eat Right Mela of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a commendable effort and outreach activity for citizens to push m towards eating right.

Vardhan also highlighted that "India, on one side, is suffering from under-urishment, on or side, re is obesity, which is apparently result of excessive consumption of junk food, wrong choices of food, overeating and lack of exercise".

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Union Minister launched ' PURPLE Book' a handbook on diets for diseases.

book provides general guidelines for hospitals on suitable diets for common medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer, gut disorders and so on.

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At event, Vardhan also launched NetSCoFAN (Network for Scientific Co-operation for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition), a network of research and acemic institutions working in area of food and nutrition.

"Let's develop habit of t wasting food, and sharing food with those who are needy", he said.

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