He set up CODS (Center for Obesity & Diabetes Surgery), a one-of-its-kind organisation for obese and diabetic patients. Social work is close to his heart and he has been conducting laparoscopy surgical camps for underprivileged women in the interiors of Gujarat and Rajasthan for over seven years now. Due to numerous requests to set up a base outside Mumbai, Dr Muffi will soon begin dividing time between Mumbai and Delhi. He spoke to CS on the occasion of World Doctor’s Day.u00a0

Who: Dr Muffazal Lakdawala
What: Talking about obesity on World’s Doctor’s Day
Where: At his clinic in Gamdevi

Pic/ Santosh Nagwekar

Obesity is an epidemic
Obesity is fast assuming epidemic proportions due to a combination of increasingly western food habits and sedentary lifestyles. The culture of parks and playgrounds is vanishing and people are glued to one screen or another (movie, TV, computer, tablet, mobile). This is a cause for concern.