Nashik: Dr Jagannath Dixit, the brand ambassador of obesity control programme of Maharashtra, has taken the initiative to help the police force to become healthy and fit. He is giving them a diet plan which will help them work better. Dr Dixit has taken this initiative starting with Nashik police, to help them get rid of obesity and diabetes, a common health ailment among the police. This is the first experiment for the Maharashtra police.
A proper clinic for counselling and treatment will be opened in Nashik commissioner’s office. A new ‘Dixit diet’ plan will be formulated for the police staff and their families. They will all be screened and then for the next year they will be put on the Dixit diet. The police staff and their family members will be Dr Dixit and his team.
“In the next one year, the number of Nashik police, suffering from diabetes will be reduced by 50 per cent. This is the first project and we will then take this to police across the state,” said Dr Dixit. Moreover, the Indian Medical Association and the physician association will also be part of Dr Dixit’s team to help he police become ‘fit’.
The Mumbai and Maharashtra police has undertaken many programmes for keeping their force physically fit. There also are regular workshops for de-stressing and meditation, to help them deal with the various stress situations in their lives arising out of the irregular hours the police are forced to keep.
