:The world Diabetes Congress has determined that India has the largest number of diabetics in the world. Apart from the loss of productivity, the (a) ______________ burden is alarming - $2.8 billion annually. Sedentary jobs, (b) ______________ of electronic entertainment, changing diet patterns and (c) ______________ dependence on automobiles have driven the activity (d) __________ of the Indians’ lives especially in the cities.The (e) ___________ is, therefore, to make people physically (f) ______________ and requires interventions which impact a large (g) ______________ of the population. Admittedly, physical activity is a (h) ______________ of choice and is driven by (i) ________________ preferences. But policy making needs to shift to (j) ______________ moderate levels of physical activity in the daily lives of the people. One way to accomplish this is to create walk-able communities that give residents a variety of destinations within walking distance. * fill the blanks
optionss a) i-economic
ii- finance
iii)subsidy
iv) physical
v) health
bi) broadcast
ii) spread
iii) prevalent
iv) expand
v) widespread
c)i) totally
ii) entirely
iii) grown
iv) mutually
v) increasing
1 point
ci) most
ii) out
iii) from
iv) through
v) outside
i) ultimatum
ii) hazard
iii) sensitivity
iv) challenge
v) dispute
f *
1 point
i) equip
ii) built
iii) active
iv) trained
v) qualified
g *
1 point
i) section
ii) scale
iii) degree
iv) percent
v) piece
h *
1 point
i) want
ii) matter
iii) scarcity
iv) right
v) lack
i *
1 point
i) showing
ii) given
iii) special
iv) personal
v) individually
j *
1 point
i) pursuit
ii) indulge
iii) introduce
iv) insist
v) attract
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The world Diabetes Congress has determined that India has the largest number of diabetics in the world. Apart from the loss of productivity, the (a) [i] economic burden is alarming - $2.8 billion annually. Sedentary jobs, (b) [i] broadcast of electronic entertainment, changing diet patterns and (c) [v] increasing dependence on automobiles have driven the activity (d) [ii] out of the Indians’ lives especially in the cities. The (e) [iv] challenge is, therefore, to make people physically (f) [iii] active and requires interventions which impact a large (g) [i] section of the population. Admittedly, physical activity is a (h) [ii] matter of choice and is driven by (i) [iv] personal preferences. But policy making needs to shift to (j) [iii] introduce moderate levels of physical activity in the daily lives of the people. One way to accomplish this is to create walk-able communities that give residents a variety of destinations within walking distance.