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Jalebi Samosa Health Warning: The Ministry of Health has issued instructions to put up warnings about Jalebi and Samosa. Know where the warning will be written about Samosa and Jalebi.

Even today, a large population in India prefers Jalebi and Samosa as breakfast. Especially in North India, you will find a shop selling Samosa and Jalebi in every street and locality. Their lovers never worry about how much oil is in the Samosa or how much sugar is in the Jalebi. For them, taste is more important than their health.

But now the government has issued a new order. It says that people should get information about how beneficial and how harmful what they are eating is for their body. The Ministry of Health has issued instructions that warnings must be written about these snacks. Know where you will find this warning about Samosa and Jalebi.

Will warning boards be installed in all shops?

If you are thinking that now warning boards will be installed in every shop selling samosas or jalebis. Then this is not going to happen. This rule is not applicable to general markets or sweet shops. Actually, the Health Ministry has instructed that these warning boards will be installed only in the canteens of central ministries, government departments and central institutes.

On which information will be given about how much sugar and oil is there in snacks like samosa, pakora, laddu or jalebi. For example, it will be written on a board that there are about five spoons of sugar in one gulab jamun. The purpose is that people should know for themselves how much harm they are taking in their plate. This can also be called a mild version of warnings like cigarettes.

Why has this decision been taken?

A lot of people are also asking why the government needed to give such instructions. Let us tell you that obesity, diabetes and heart diseases are increasing very fast in India. Seeing this, the government has now started considering junk food as a serious threat. According to the Health Ministry, by 2050, about 45 crore people in the country may face the problem of obesity or overweight.

The biggest reason for this is bad eating habits and less physical activity. In view of this threat, the government has decided to give warnings like cigarettes on food items like samosa, jalebi, vada pav. Its purpose is that people can understand while eating snacks how much harm it is causing. Just like it is written on cigarette packets that 'smoking is injurious to health', in the same way with junk food too, its danger will now be shown on posters or boards.