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'In coming years...': PM Modi's warns over obesity, asks families to reduce cooking oil use
PM Modi urged families to act early by deciding that “whenever cooking oil is bought for the home, it will be 10 per cent less than usual.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday warned that “obesity will be a crisis” for India in the coming years, citing expert estimates that one in three people may be obese in the near future.
Modi urged families to act early by deciding that “whenever cooking oil is bought for the home, it will be 10 per cent less than usual, and we will use 10 per cent less as well.”
In his Independence Day address, Modi said, “I want to share a concern with you. When I talk about fitness… in the coming years, obesity will become a crisis for our country.”
“Obesity is increasingly becoming a serious problem for our nation. According to experts, in the days ahead, every third person will be obese. That is why I want to give a small suggestion — families should decide that whenever cooking oil is bought for the home, it will be 10 per cent less than usual, and we will use 10 per cent less as well,” he added.
The Prime Minister delivered a 103-minute Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the longest speech by any prime minister in the country’s history, reported news agency ANI.
He surpassed his own record of 98 minutes set during the 78th Independence Day last year. Before 2024, Modi’s longest address was 96 minutes in 2016, while his shortest was in 2017 at 56 minutes.
On India’s 79th Independence Day, Modi also became the only prime minister after Indira Gandhi to deliver 12 consecutive speeches from the Red Fort, standing second only to Jawaharlal Nehru, who addressed the nation 17 times in a row.
