People's health is deteriorating due to junk food, government said - FSSAI is taking strict steps

Junk food is having a bad effect on people's health. Due to this serious diseases are flourishing. The government told the Parliament that strict steps are being taken to deal with it.

The Union Ministry of Health has told in the Parliament that due to the increasing trend of junk food and processed food in the country, many diseases are increasing. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has told in the Lok Sabha that due to the increasing trend of eating junk food and processed food, heart diseases, diabetes and liver diseases have increased continuously among people. The Health Minister has said that ICMR has found this in its research.

The ministry has said that due to this type of food habit, the amount of fat, sugar, salt in the blood of people increases, which increases the risk of obesity and non-communicable diseases. The Health Minister has said in his statement that due to the junk food habit, it has been found that there has been a huge increase in chronic diseases. Changes in food habits have led to a huge increase in chronic diseases, from 30.5% in 1990 to 55.4% by 2016, according to a study by the ministry.

Due to unhealthy food, there has been an increase in chronic diseases, due to which the risk of metabolic risk factors has increased. To prevent this, FSSAI is strictly asking food processing companies to follow the rules. fssai has started strict implementation from 2020 especially on balancing the food used by children. The sale of junk food containing saturated fat, added fat, sugar and sodium has been banned within 50 meters of children's schools. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandabiya has given all this information in reply to a written question in the Lok Sabha.