Lifestyle diseases registry in the works: Kerala Health Minister

T’puram: In the wake of increasing lifestyle diseases in the state, a registry of lifestyle diseases among people above 30 years of age will be created, said health minister Veena George.

The health department will carry out a massive door-to-door survey to create the data bank of the lifestyle diseases among the people in the state and to study the reasons behind it.

A mobile application is being readied under the ehealth programme for this, said the minister. This will be a comprehensive survey comprising data of people living with lifestyle diseases like hypertension, diabetes, COPD, oral cancer, breast cancer and cervical cancer.

The campaign is intended to create an awareness among the people on the diseases caused due to our lifestyle. Unhealthy eating habits, use of tobacco, addiction to liquor and lack of exercise are causing the lifestyle diseases among the youth. When a data bank is created, the health department will be able to launch campaigns focussing specific target groups for creating awareness, said the minister.