Renowned experts of the country have urged common people to adopt healthy lifestyle, refrain from smoking, alcohol, exercise daily and use balanced died to prevent themselves from heart ailments, strokes, diabetes, hypertension and mental illnesses.
The health experts, each of whom is considered master of his respective field of specialization in the medical profession, said remaining healthy was not as much difficult as it is considered by most of the people but in order to remain healthy, people should improve their awareness about health issues.
The tobacco usage in Pakistani society, lack of habit of regular exercise, poor dietary habits and sedentary lifestyle as leading causes of deaths or root-causes of illnesses that result in most of the deaths in Pakistani that could easily be prevented by changing habits.
These experts were speaking at a “Public Awareness Session” on the inaugural session of 22nd Biennial International Convention of Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) that kicked off here Friday at Expo Center Karachi.
Over 5000 doctors from all over the country as well as over 174 medical professionals, researchers and experts from around the globe are attending the three-day convention where not only doctors but ordinary people have been invited for their awareness.
