Monday 1 October 2012

Madhya Pradesh, Malwa in particular, and Gujarat, are more prone to heart diseases because of their food habits.






Indori namkeen and local fast food served near roadside eateries in Sarafa Baazar and Chappan Dukan that make every Indroean proud is harmful for heart because of the presence of transfats, claim doctors of city chapter of the World Heart Federation on Friday. Oil when re-treated when frying food items becomes transfat, which is dangerous for human heart, said doctors.

Dr Siddarth Jain, cardiologist said people of Madhya Pradesh, Malwa in particular, and Gujarat, are more prone to heart diseases because of their food habits.

"Much like Gujarat, Indoreans like namkeen and street food. All these items are prepared by re-treating oil causing concentration of trnasfat," Dr Jain said, adding that number of heart-related problem goes up manifold in the city in the past few years.

Dr Mohammad Ali, cardiologist, said six years ago there was only one heart hospital in the city and today there are around 13 high end cardiac hospitals in the city. All these hospitals have more than 100-bed and run full all the time. "With the rise in number of hospitals, one can imagine the increase in number of patients," said Dr Ali.

Doctors highlighted that it is only the number that is increasing; average age of heart patients is also coming down. "Till few years ago average age of heart patients was around 50 to 60 years, today more than 30% of the heart patients are less than 40 years of age," pointed out Dr Siddant Jain, adding that every year 17 to 20 lakh of people in India die because of heart diseases. Number of people dying because of heart-attack is more than the total death because of TB, malaria, HIV and AIDS put together.

He stressed that it is not the male gender only that are affected by heart diseases; women and children are also getting affected by the deadly disease. "One in every third heart patients are women," Dr Jain said, citing lack of physical work is main cause of heart disease.

According to survey around 79% male and 83% female are not doing required physical activities. Similarly, 51% male and 48% female eat food with more fats and 60% male and 57% female eat less fruits and vegetable. Overweight is another reason for heart complication. Survey reveals that 41% male and 45% female are either obese or overweight.

Dr Jain said Indore is becoming Mumbai by adopting the lifestyle of a metro, but food habit of city is worst than Mumbai.




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