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because  many  times  we  eat     a healthy diet and do daily
          a lot of fried food items, which   physical activity, due to which
          have a huge impact on obesity.    I  always  remain  fit.  And  I  think
          So I would like to tell everyone to   common people like us, who go
          avoid these things and take care   to work daily, should be serious
          of their health. This is just what I   about health and do some daily
          request of you, and together we   physical activity, due to which
          will uplift our country. Thank you.  we stay away from diseases like
              Neeraj ji, I am very grateful   heart attack and cancer and
          to you. Renowned athlete Nikhat   keep ourselves fit, ‘because if we
          Zareen ji has also expressed her   are fit, then India is fit’.
          views on this topic:                 Nikhat ji has really made
                                            some  good  points.  Let us now
                                            listen to what Dr. Devi Shetty ji
                                            has to say. As all of you know,
                                            he is a very distinguished doctor
              Hi, my name is Nikhat         who is continuously working on
          Zareen, and I am a two-time       this subject:
          world boxing champion. As our
          Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji
          has mentioned about obesity in
          ‘Mann ki Baat’ and I think it’s a
          national concern, we should be       I would like to thank our
          serious about our health because   Honourable Prime Minister for
          obesity is spreading so fast in   creating an awareness about
          our India; we should stop it, and   obesity  in  his  most popular
          we should try to follow a healthy   ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme.
          lifestyle as much as possible.    Obesity today is not a cosmetic
          Being an athlete myself, I try to   problem; it is a very serious
          follow a healthy diet because if   medical problem. The majority
          by mistake I take an unhealthy    of the youngsters in India today
          diet or eat oily things, it impacts   are obese. The main cause of
          my performance, and I get tired   obesity today is poor quality of
          quickly in the ring, and I try to   food intake, especially excess
          use as few things as possible,    intake of carbohydrates, such as
          like edible oil, and instead follow   rice, chapatti, and, sugar and, of

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