{"id":18876,"date":"2024-08-30T10:26:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sdmcujire.in\/?p=18876"},"modified":"2024-08-30T10:27:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:57:24","slug":"youth-encouraged-to-participate-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/youth-encouraged-to-participate-in-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Encouraged to Participate in Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Ramesh  H., Secretary of the SDM Sports Association, Ujire, emphasized the importance  of physical activity and urged young people to engage more in sports to reduce  the risk of heart attacks caused by a lack of exercise. He was speaking as the  chief guest at the National Sports Day celebration organized by the National  Service Scheme (NSS) units at SDM College, Ujire, on August 29.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Ramesh  highlighted the need for regular exercise, particularly for the youth, in light  of modern dietary habits and lifestyles. &quot;Engaging in sports from the age  of 18 ensures the necessary physical exercise, which is crucial for maintaining  good health,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  Dr.  B.A. Kumar Hegde, Principal of SDM College, who presided over the event,  discussed the role of sports in building resilience. He noted that the  excessive use of mobile phones among youth is detrimental to their physical  health and creativity. &quot;Physical activities like sports and exercise help  maintain a balance in our health and enhance our ability to compete in all stages  of life,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n  <p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  NSS  Program Officer Dr. Mahesh Kumar Shetty H. also spoke, highlighting the  positive impact of sports on life and the commendable support the Indian  government has been providing for sports, leading to improved performances in  international events like the Olympics.  The  event was attended by NSS Program Officer Deepa R.P. and several volunteers.  The program began with a welcome by volunteer Pooja Shri, who also compered the  event, and Kavita delivered the vote of thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramesh H., Secretary of the SDM Sports Association, Ujire, emphasized the importance of physical activity and urged young people to engage more in sports to reduce the risk of heart attacks caused by a lack of exercise. He was speaking as the chief guest at the National Sports Day celebration organized by the National Service [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-18876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sdmc-news","tag-news-sdm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc_updated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}