Heart Disease is More on Childrens

"Heart diseases among children below 18 years have gone up nearly 50% compared to the previous year.In 2008-09 over 4,247 students were found suffering from heart diseases"

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• Heart diseases among children below 18 years have gone up nearly 50% compared to the previous year. This was found in a school health check-up survey. Over 6,300 school students across Gujarat were diagnosed with major heart diseases in 2009-2010 during the check-up. In 2008-09, 4,247 students were found suffering from heart diseases.
• According to health authorities, more students of primary and secondary sections are being detected with heart diseases in government, semigovernment and private schools in Gujarat.
• The check-up programme covers over one crore students below 18 years of age. While majority of the students detected with heart diseases suffer from congenital problems, doctors warn that junk food and insufficient exercise of students are leading to high blood pressure, diabetes and heart attack in early adulthood.

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Cardiologist Sameer Dani said eating patterns of students has completely changed from the healthy roti-subzi and daal-rice to high-fat, high calorie pizza, burgers, pasta and cheese. Moreover, children don’t play in schools due to pressure of studies and lack of space at home,” he said.

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