India as well as Andhra Pradesh are experiencing an epidemiological
transition. We find that prevalence of non communicable diseases is on the rise.
Appropriate choice of positive and healthy life style is fundamental to prevention of many
non communicable diseases. Keeping this in view the WHO have identified the theme
"move for health" for the World Health Day celebrations on 7 April, 2002. The
"move for health" theme refers to the need for regular exercise and avoidance of
sedentary life style. In the public health symposium the IHS highlighted these three
important risk factors all linked to life style of our people. These are regular exercise,
moderate drinking, and no smoking. Poor health habits such as sedentary life style,
smoking and binge drinking impose personal as well as external costs. Personal costs are
by way of reduced life expectancy, poor quality of life and burden on the family. External
costs are on account of increased usage of health care services, increased risk to the
life of others. For example a large number of deaths due to road traffic accidents are
attributable to drunk driving. The symposium brought together top public health experts to
summarise available evidence about sedentary life style, heavy drinking and smoking as
risk factors of various health problems and potential impact of positive life style
choices such as regular exercise, moderate drinking or no drinking and no smoking on
people's health and the country's economy. |
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To live
longer and have a healthy life, learn more about the details through the expert's
presentations. |
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His
Excellency Dr. C. Rangarajan, Governor of AP was the Chief
Guest and gave the inaugural address. In the inaugural address Governor Dr. Rangarajan addressed the
audience and focused on having regular exercise as part of a daily routine.
More about the Speech. Click Here |
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After the
inaugural session, the session on Costs of Sedentary Life Style was started by
Dr.Somaraju, famous cardiologist. He emphasised that lack of regular exercise is one
of the most important risk factor for heart diseases .For the speaker
presentation Click Here. |
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The second
speaker of Sedentary Life Style Dr. Bapuji, Naturopath spoke on yogic exercise and its
benefits. Can a person afford lethargy? Learn about the risks by viewing his presentation Click Here |
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| The second session was on Costs
of Heavy Drinking.
Dr. Gururaj, Prof. NIMHANS spoke on alcohol injuries and brought light on the ill effects
of drinking.
For the statistics on the drinking Click Here.
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The second
speaker on heavy drinking Dr. Majeed Khan, famous psychiatrist, spoke on psychological and
sociological aspects of alcoholics.
How life can be dreadful, if you are an alcoholic. Click Here
for Presentation. |
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| The third session was on Smoking.
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The first
speaker Dr. Prakash Chandra Gupta, Senior Research Scientist, spoke about the life
threatening consequences and costs of tobacco use.
For more details Click Here |
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The second
speaker of smoking, Dr.Vijai Kumar, Director, Division Polumonary Medicine, spoke on
government taking stringent measures to control smoking.Is the only way to stop smoking is
through law & order? Click
Here for Speaker Presentation. |
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| The Symposium finally ended with
valedictory session. |
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Dr. Mahapatra,
Director, IHS said that the registered participants were an indicators of growing public
interest in the symposium topics and thanked them for their participation. |
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| Dr. Hrishikesh, Chairman, IHS also
emphasized the need for having a healthy life. |
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Special Invitee
Mr. Sunil Nandaraj, WHO country office representative thanked the IHS for bringing experts
and interested public together and for conducting such successful events. |
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| The symposium ended with vote of
thanks by Vijayalakshmi. |
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