Obesity in India: The weight of the nation
Sanjay Kalraa✉, AG Unnikrishnanb
- aDepartment of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital and B.R.I.D.E., Karnal, Haryana, India
- bDepartment of Endocrinology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
India is gaining weight. Traditionally known for malnutrition, Indians now report more and more frequently with overweight, obesity, and their consequences. Indians exhibit unique features of obesity: Excess body fat, abdominal adiposity, increased subcutaneous and intra-abdominal fat, and deposition of fat in ectopic sites (such as liver, muscle, and others). Obesity is a major driver for the widely prevalent metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Although this phenomenon is a global one, India is unique in that it has to grapple with both over- and undernutrition at the same time. This article reviews the weight of the problem of obesity in India.
TL;DRThe weight of the problem of obesity in India is reviewed, which is a major driver for the widely prevalent metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes mellitus. (Semantic Scholar)