The district administration is due to introduce a project in city schools to prevent childhood obesity, district collector M Beena announced during a press conference held in the city.
This campaign will be the combined effort of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the Rotary Club and the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IMP).
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Increasing child obesity problems have led the French to impose an anti-obesity tax on sweet and fatty foods, while British health officials want to avoid the label obese .
Increasing child obesity problems have led the French to impose an anti-obesity tax on sweet and fatty foods, while British health officials want to avoid the label obese .
Awareness campaigns will comprise visual programmes, discussions, lectures and compact discs containing the significance of preventing obesity in children. Nearly 1 lakh of rupees has been budgeted for this project.
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