Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS University) Director and Vice-Chancellor B. Vengamma has expressed concern at rising obesity levels in children and attributed it to the lack of importance to physical activity in the modern educational system.
Speaking after inaugurating ‘Tirupati Athletic Championship’ on the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sri Venkateswara Vidyalaya campus here on Saturday, she called it a cause for concern as it could have a direct bearing in the next few decades.
“The present day’s children would be adults in a few years and their health matters a lot in determining the nation’s health after a few decades,” she observed.
