PM Modi Nominates Omar Abdullah, 9 Others For ‘Anti-Obesity Campaign’

New Delhi: Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Monday, expressed his happiness after being nominated a member of the ‘Anti-Obesity Campaign’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The PM had launched this campaign on Sunday and a day later, he nominated 10 eminent personalities from various walks of life, including Abdullah, to encourage people to shed flab.

“As mentioned in yesterday’s #MannKiBaat, I would like to nominate the following people to help strengthen the fight against obesity and spread awareness on reducing edible oil consumption in food. I also request them to nominate 10 people each so that our movement gets bigger!” Modi wrote on ‘X’.

Abdullah took to ‘X’ after this and wrote: I’m very happy to join the campaign against obesity launched by PM @narendramodi ji. Obesity causes a number of lifestyle related health issues like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, strokes & breathing problems not to mention mental health conditions like anxiety & depression. Today I’m nominating these 10 people to join the PM’s campaign against obesity & requesting them to nominate a further 10 people each to take this fight forward.”

Among the others nominated by Prime Minister Modi are industrialist Anand Mahindra, Olympians Manu Bhaker and Mirabai Chanu, actor Madhavan and singer Shreya Ghoshal.

During his Mann Ki Baat address on Sunday, Modi has brought up the issue of obesity and the need to reduce the consumption of edible oil by at least 10%. Referring to a study, he said that one in every eight persons in the country is obese. He underscored that fact that this problem has increased among children four-fold.