From Convenience to Consequences: The Price of Modern Lifestyle
Where are we going wrong? The rising graph of lifestyle ailments in India and across the world, especially now with the younger generation too getting effected in a major way, is a testimony to the fact that we as a society have gone wrong somewhere, especially in the past few decades. Diabetes, cardiovascular health issues, hypertension, PCOD, hypothyroidism, migraine, fatty liver, rheumatoid arthritis and the list seems to be ever increasing, has become a common household name with people across the entire cross section of society getting effected. The Health and Wellness sector is a booming business today – be it mushrooming of the diagnostic centres, wellness clinics, gyms, weight loss centres, pharmacy shops, hospitals etc. And everyone seems to be mistaking these as an indicator of a prospering and developing society. But should we take pride in the fact that the number of chemist shops in our neighbourhood has increased manifolds or should we be worried...