chennai batting maestro sachin tendulkar on thursday expressed concern over the high prevalence of obesity among the population in the country and exhorted the youth to take to sporting activity to stay healthyit is important for people to stay healthy and there is no better way than taking up some sporting activity he said at a function to unveil the jersey of chennai thalaivas which is making its debut in pro kabaddi league this seasonby 2020 india is set to be the youngest nation by population but in obesity we are number three a young and unhealthy population is a perfect recipe for disaster what india needs is more participation in sporting activities he addedon pro kabaddi league tendulkar said i am here to support not only kabaddi but sports in generalhe also spoke about his love for the sport and said at some stage in our life we all would have played kabaddi when i went to watch a match some time ago the kind of energy i felt was incredible i have since loved the gametendulkar also had a word of advice for the team which he coowns go out and win the hearts of your fansasked whom he would pick in a dream team to play for him the answer was certainly ms dhoni as a defender and breathlessfame shankar mahadevan as raidertendulkar also thanked tamil film actor kamal haasan who was present for supporting kabaddi and tamil thalaivas as its brand ambassadorthe actor on his part said he was happy to be associated with thalaivas and hoped to see the team play the finals in chennaii am delighted to see a cricket legend tendulkar throw his weight behind kabaddi and get involved with a team haasan saidone of the coowners nimmagada prasad hailed tendulkars interest for sports other than cricket and said the team led by ajay thakur and coached by k baskaran was among the best in the leagueother coowners including allu aravind allu arjun and ram charan who were present thanked tendulkar and haasan for backing a traditional sport like kabaddithe team and coach were unveiled during the function