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ardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis - Indians are facing an unhealthy future burdened with a slew of lifestyle diseases. But instead of expensive medication and therapy, the cure lies in making exercise a compulsory part of everyday life, health experts say. “Indians are increasingly leading a sedentary and machine-dependent life, which may seem comfortable but has extremely adverse effects on health,” said T.S. Kler from Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. Kler said with increasingly hectic lifestyles, most people in urban areas nowadays do not walk to the neighborhood store but rather order groceries on phone for home delivery or drive down.
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