ramgarh addressing the students of agrasen public school here on the occasion of world heart day regimental medical officer colonel sanjay deka of punjab regimental centre stressed on the importance of a change in the lifestyle of people to keep cardiovascular diseases cvds at bay according to the world health organization who report cvds would be the largest cause of death and disability in india by 2020 colonel deka said heart diseases and strokes claim 173 million lives each year and the numbers are going up and that it was expected by 2030 over 23 million people will die from cvds annually he added he explained how young indian professionals were falling prey to heart diseases due to odd working hours stress lack of physical exercise and eating unhealthy food smoking and drinking further aggravated the situation and such sedentary lifestyle gave rise to health problems like high blood pressure obesity diabetes and so on leading to heart ailments later the rmo stressed that since not everyone gets the same warning signs and symptoms of a heart attack it was very important to listen to the heart while for some people it can begin with a sudden crushing chest pain for some it can start with a slow mild pain leading to discomfort whereas some people dont get warning signs at all he added