The East Indian Community

The typical EI male has supreme levels of fitness and endurance...till he turns 30.

Most of us have been a part of football teams, track and field events in school, badminton etc at some point of time.

Outdoor games (catching kuk, seven tiles, dabba i spy, chain chain etc) actually kept us fit as kids.

Inspite of having calorie rich diets, the physical activity helped us keep in shape.

Once married and / or working, the trend is to sit back and enjoy your food, drink and make general merry. nothing wrong with this, however, along with our bank balances fattening, the layers along the waist add up too.

Heart ailments, diabetes, BP and other ailments creep up. Given todays tensions it all adds up to poor health and lower life expectancy.

In the recent past, I have known people succumbing to ailments at a young (or what was considered young) age.

The type of food we eat, daily as well as at functions, needs a whole lot of activity to burn off.

our ancestors, were almost daily engaged in physical activity that burned calories - in fields, factories walking around etc.

This is not the case with us. We need to change. in the case of my bretheren settled abroad, you are witness to the fitness levels of your foreign neighbours. They themselves are battling a generation of obesity.

We as a community need to encourage physical activity (Sports, social work whatever) to keep in shape.

Lets get going and do the best for our minds, bodies and overall fitness.