Chronic Disease India is seeing a pendulum shift from infectious diseases to chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, where obesity is a major factor. Economic losses due to chronic diseases will cost us $236 billion in the next 10 years
Heart Disease Indians suffer from heart disease at far lower body weight than other racial populations
Blood Pressure Experts estimate urbanites are consuming 80 per cent of all edible oil in India. This is a major cause of hypertension and strokes.
Metabolic Syndrome One-fourth of adult urban Indians suffer from Metabolic Syndrome, which predisposes us to diabetes, hypertension and cardiac disease
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Diabetes 70 per cent of diabetes in India is obesity-related. Diabetes alone demands a minimum of six specialists during your entire life.
Arthritis, Liver disease Extra weight takes a toll on the joints, on the liver
Causes
Diet: Sugary, starchy and refined foods form a major part of urban diets. Collectively, they cause a dangerous lipid build-up in our bodies.
Exercise: Automated and gadget-dependent living along with desk-bound jobs have reduced our daily exercise to button-punching. With calorie intake getting higher and calorie burning lower, Indians are getting paunchier.
Genetic predisposition: Indians have a tendency to accumulate abdominal fat, which increases their risk factor. Compared to other races, Indians suffer the harmful effects of obesity at a lower weight.