BMJ Elective Case Log

The following rejected correspondence was written in respond to the editorial published in the Lancet Public Health .  Title:  Workplace health promotion in India Vivek Podder; Tetsuya Tanimoto The Lancet editorial (November 18, p 508)1 highlighted high-quality public health research for effective, low-cost interventions for workplace-related health. However, it may not work for people with poor health literacy and low socioeconomic conditions, especially in non-western countries.  For example, as a middle-income nation, India is passing through a rapid economic growth, but health promotion is often neglected at workplace. As per a report from Indian study, over 55% of private employees in India do not perform any exercise and 68% of women are afflicted with different occupational lifestyle diseases.2 In India, increasing number of chronic diseases, which the World Health Organization has attributed to physical inactivity as a key risk factor, can bring e...

The following rejected correspondence was written in respond to the editorial published in the Lancet .  Title: Reducing Meat Consumption by Intensifying Public Awareness  Vivek Podder; Md. Ferdous Rahman The Lancet editorial (November 24, p 508)1 highlighted impact of increasing meat consumption on ecological sustainability and consumers’ health. The growing demand of meat from increasing population and consequent increase in their production can be mitigated by taxing red and processed meat, reducing their consumption. We would like to specify one missing aspect to this debate.  Missing from this debate, however, is the public awareness of the health and environmental impact of meat and attitudes to reduce their consumption as studied by Clonan and their colleagues. [2] Public perception of meat as healthy food could limit their meat consumption as reflected in the UK dietary guidelines stating, “meat is a good source of protein in your diet, as well...