School Children Should Practise Yoga : Says The Health Minister
- Monday, December 1, 2008, 16:01
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Anbumani Ramadoss, the health minister said that he wants to push all school-going children to learn yoga, in the hope that it can reduce the
prevalence of diseases such as diabetes and hypertension in years to come. Last week, Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council, comprising Islamic scholars, sparked widespread protests when it told Muslims to avoid yoga because it uses Hindu prayers that could erode Muslims’ faith. “There should be extensive scientific deliberations on yoga. And today I blatantly put that yoga reduces diabetes, yoga reduces hypertension, yoga reduces stress,” Ramadoss told a regional diabetes summit in Chennai.
“I am going to make yoga mandatory for all school-going children in India (from) the coming year.”
The Malaysian Islamic scholars’ decision drew a sharp rebuke from many Muslims and saw Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi move to contain the damage, telling national news agency Bernama that Muslims could carry on doing yoga but minus the chanting. Adult-onset diabetes has been linked to risk factors like ageing, an inactive lifestyle, unhealthy diets, smoking, alcohol and obesity. The silent chronic disease damages the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves and
was responsible for 3.8 million deaths worldwide in 2007.
India carries the highest diabetes burden in the world, with 41 million cases in 2007 and that is estimated to hit 70 million by 2025, according to the International Diabetes Federation. Source
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