Earlier, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the first phase of the NAMO Hospital

Meanwhile, UT Dadra-Nagar Haveli administrator Praful K Patel felicitated PM Modi at the event to mark the inauguration and foundation-laying of several development projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed on the need to reduce weight as he cited a report which claimed that nearly 44 crore people in India may be obese by 2050, and described the figure as "huge and scary"

On the first day of his two-day tour of Gujarat and its adjoining Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu, the PM inaugurated as well as performed ground-breaking ceremony for projects worth Rs 2,587 crore for the UT, and launched a food security saturation campaign in Surat

He addressed gatherings in Silvassa, the administrative headquarters of Dadra and Nagar Haveli district, and later at Surat

Speaking at the rally in Silvassa, PM Modi called obesity the root cause of many diseases and urged people to fight the chronic health condition characterized by excessive body fat by doing regular physical exercises and reducing edible oil consumption by 10 per cent

"Diseases linked to our lifestyle are posing a huge risk to our health today. Obesity is one of them because it is the root cause of many diseases. According to a recent report, nearly 44 crore people in India may be obese by 2050. This figure is huge and it is equally scary," PM Modi emphasised

He said one in every three people in the country may be suffering from obesity by 2050 if the findings of the report turns out to be true

PM Modi warned obesity will prove dangerous for people's health and everyone must start trying to overcome this situation