Chandigarh, February 12: Over 1200 participants including doctors, army personnel, senior citizens, women and kids participated in ‘Run for health’ on cancer awareness at Panchkula today. It was organized by Bluebuck Media and powered by Paras Health, Panchkula.
S. Paramjeet Singh and Giani Jagjeet Singh, Administrator and Head Granthi at Gurdwara Nada Sahib respectively were chief guests during the occasion.
Among others Dr Pankaj Mittal facility director and oncology team of Paras Health along with Shubham Girdhar and Virender Chahal from Bluebuck Media were also present during the occasion.
Dr. Mittal said that ‘Run for health’ was organized on this year's World Cancer Day theme of ‘close the care gap’. We tried to ensure participation of people from all walks of life in the Run to spread awareness on this theme.
Addressing participants, Paras cancer center experts said that one third of the cancers can be prevented by lifestyle modification. One should stop smoking, limit alcohol intake, lose weight and exercise regularly.
Eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains and less meat. Add more fruits, vegetables and fiber to your diet, experts maintained.
Meanwhile, the 5 km Run in male category was won by Rahul. Ashok and Siddhant got second and third place respectively. In the 10 km male, Dayal emerged the winner followed by Garu and Pankaj. In the women's 10 km, Nandini won the Run. Payal and Reeta remained at second and third places respectively. Jaspreet won the 21 km male Run followed by Amit and Amit Kumar at second and third places respectively. Manisha won the women's 21 km Run with Mukesh Kumari and Paramjit Kaur getting second and third places respectively.
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