Saturday, 10 December 2011

Stress is killing the state's tribals

Lifestyle diseases are no longer the preserve of white-collar corporates. The acutely poor tribals of Melghat, a hamlet 850 kilometres from Mumbai, are suffering from hypertension caused by anxiety over their one square meal it's neither enough, nor nutritious While city slickers associate the term 'lifestyle disease' with white-collar affluence and an urban preoccupation with sedentary careers, 850 kilometres from Mumbai poverty-stricken tribals are discovering that their sorry lives are not immune to such diseases either. A Melghat infant eats a meal

Live India

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