Highlighting the need for preventive measures to tackle the 'diabetes epidemic sweeping' the country Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that better lifestyle food habits and also Yoga are necessary to control the disease. Stressing on the mantra that prevention is better than cure the Minister in a meeting with officials announced that National Health Mission will have a special communications arm to spread awareness on better lifestyle and food habits which are necessary to avoid getting this debilitating condition according to a statement issued here. 'International experts have warned that a diabetes epidemic is sweeping India...Even teenagers are
