St Aloysius Gonzaga School organised an awareness session on Diabetes and Obesity among Children on 12th November 2025 for classes VII and VIII at the Gonzaga Hall, on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, observed on November 14th. The resource persons, Dr Gururaja Rao and Dr Akhila Bhandarkar, endocrinologists from the Mangalore Endocrine and Diabetes Society (MEDS), kept the session interactive and engaging. They covered aspects like the biological process leading to diabetes, how diabetes occurs in children, smart eating, and the importance of regular exercise. Students actively participated, gaining valuable insights into maintaining a healthy lifestyle and preventing lifestyle-related diseases. The session concluded with a Body Mass Index (BMI) analysis for all students of class VIII.
