Mangalore: A healthy life style is a must to prevent various disorders and ailments like Diabetes and obesity, said MV Venkatesh, Assistant Commissioner of Mangalore sub-division.

He was speaking at the World Health Day programmes organized by the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat and the Department of Health and Family Welfare at the Taluk Panchayat Auditorium in Mangalore on June 26, Tuesday.

The Assistant Commissioner also exhorted people to think positively and go in for regular exercises to burn those extra calories.

O. R. Shrirangappa, District Health and Family Welfare Officer, also called upon the society to treat the senior citizens with compassion and respect.

As many as 15 staff of various primary health centres, including Terry Nancy Lobo, District Leprosy Officer, Jacintha Lobo and Sebastian Rego, Senior Health Assistants were felicitated.