In view of the increasing burden of lifestyle diseases, World NCD Federation in collaboration with PGIMER organised a marathon on Sunday for promotion of physical activity in the city.
The event was also organized as a curtain raiser for the upcoming First World NCD Congress on November4-6. The organisers invited the people of Chandigarh to actively join in creating awareness regarding risk factors for lifestyle diseases and their prevention.
The marathon was flagged off by Dr Rakesh Kashyap, Director Health Services, Chandigarh. The marathon started from the Sports Complex PGIMER at 6:30 am and reached Sukhna lake at 7:30am. Around 200 participants took part in the event.
At Sukhna lake, a short concluding session was held in which Dr JS Thakur, Professor School of Public Health & President World NCD Federation sensitised the participants about the increasing trends of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors and about the unique idea of the Upcoming World NCD Congress 2017.
Dr Sanjay Bhadada, Professor Endocrinology PGIMER & Joint Secretary World NCD Federation addressed the participants regarding the diabetes and obesity while Amitoj Garg, Fitness Trainer, Chandigarh lawn Tennis Association motivated the participants regarding the physical activity and healthy diet to prevent non-communicable diseases.
World NCD Congress will be a multisectoral, multidisciplinary conference with many public events like walkathon, marathon, yoga and weight management and obesity besides participation artists, theatre and school events.