What Fuels Rise In Heart Disease, Cancer? Maharashtra Food Commissioner Explains

The prevalence of communicable diseases has dropped to 30-35 per cent over the years, but during the same period the percentage of non-communicable diseases rose to 65 per cent, according to Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, whose recent actions against unhygienic food handling and storage has propelled him into a hero, with huge appreciation coming from the Gen-Z."If you examine these non-communicable diseases, a major contributing factor lies in what we eat and consume. There is a direct correlation here. We have seen a significant rise in conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, all of which are non-communicable," Mundhe said at NDTV Yuva today."Often, within a family or neighbourhood, you might hear someone say, 'they developed cancer, even though they didn't smoke, chew tobacco or have any bad habits; they even exercised'. Why did it happen?