A serious illness, like most calamities, often arrives unannounced. And much like a natural disaster, takes a grievous toll: physical, emotional and financial. Worse, the diseases that were often encountered typically after 50 years of age, have now begun to strike as early as in one’s 30s and 40s, given the stressful and unhealthy lifestyles. According to the latest India Fit report from GOQii, a fitness technology platform, one in three people above the age of 30 suffers from a lifestyle disease, be it cardiac issues, diabetes or high cholesterol, which often escalate to serious health issues. A government report suggests there are more than three crore heart patients, while the World Life Expectancy data shows heart ailments, lung diseases and strokes to be the leading causes of death in India.

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