Data Munching | A global study on being underweight and obese is a mixed bag for Indians
9 months, 1 week ago

Data Munching | A global study on being underweight and obese is a mixed bag for Indians

Hindustan Times  

A study published in the medical journal, Lancet, last week pointed out that more than a billion people across the world are now living in obesity, and that the prevalence of obesity in 2022 was four times that of 1990. Despite global population growth, 183 million women and 164 million men were affected by underweight in 2022, 45 million and 48 million fewer, respectively, than in 1990. Among men, obesity rates saw a whopping 11 times increase, from 0.5% in 1990 to 5.4% in 2022. Of the 190 countries analysed, India was on the 182nd spot in terms of obesity among women, and the 180th spot for obesity among men. Of the 190 countries analysed, India ranked 13th in terms of the proportion of underweight women, while it held the 26th rank in terms of underweight men.

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India's love for golu-molu kids is feeding an epidemic
3 weeks, 2 days ago

India's love for golu-molu kids is feeding an epidemic

India Today  

Till a year ago, 12-year-old Dinesh weighed 110 kg. Doctors say that obese children and adults are at a higher risk of developing chronic health conditions, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke and kidney issues. "In Indian culture, being thin has historically been linked to poverty, a classist stereotype that associates a lack of weight …

‘Lifestyle diseases increase in rural India’: NMC health survey
3 months ago

‘Lifestyle diseases increase in rural India’: NMC health survey

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Hypertension and diabetes are some of the common lifestyle diseases seen in rural India according to a new survey conducted by the National Medical Commission. Additionally, 14.4 per cent of the 3,66,086 people screened for blood sugar levels were diagnosed with diabetes. The survey also found 15 per cent of 57,940 children stunted, 10.5 per cent wasted, and …

Economic Survey 2023-24: Obesity crisis in India, preventive measures needed
5 months ago

Economic Survey 2023-24: Obesity crisis in India, preventive measures needed

The Hindu  

The Economic Survey of India 2023-24, tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in both houses of Parliament on Monday, July 22, the first day of the Budget Session, has pointed out that improving the quality of health of India’s young population, is crucial. The ICMR had released 17 dietary guidelines, and had said, “a significant proportion of premature deaths …

Economic Survey 2023-24: Rising obesity concern, and preventive measures must be taken for healthier lifestyle
5 months ago

Economic Survey 2023-24: Rising obesity concern, and preventive measures must be taken for healthier lifestyle

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Raising concerns over growing obesity and the increase in consumption of highly processed foods laden with sugars and fat, the Economic Survey said 54 per cent of the total disease burden in India is due to unhealthy diets. Obesity presents a "concerning situation" and preventive measures must be taken to enable citizens to have a healthier lifestyle, it …

World Obesity Day 2024: Where does India stand?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

World Obesity Day 2024: Where does India stand?

Live Mint  

World Obesity Day 2024 will be celebrated on March 4. According to the World Health Organization, the rate of obesity among the world's children and adolescents in 2022 is four times higher than it was in 1990. It's time for policymakers, healthcare professionals, and the community to come together,” said Dr Pradeep Chowbey, Chairman - Max Institute of Laparoscopic, Endoscopic, …

Global malnourishment: 1 in 8 people are obese
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Global malnourishment: 1 in 8 people are obese

Hindustan Times  

New data from The Lancet shows fewer people are starving across the globe. About one billion people in the world — that's 1 in 8 of the global population — are obese: They have a body mass index over 30. Francesco Branca, Director of the WHO's Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, said the organization had previously estimated that the …

Obesity 'epidemic' hits more than one billion people globally, rate quadrupled in 32 years: Study
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Obesity 'epidemic' hits more than one billion people globally, rate quadrupled in 32 years: Study

Hindustan Times  

More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by the Lancet medical journal. Obesity 'epidemic' hits more than one billion people globally, rate quadrupled in 32 years: Study The study, released ahead of World Obesity Day on March 4, estimated that …

1.25 crore children in India were overweight in 2022, according to Lancet study
9 months, 3 weeks ago

1.25 crore children in India were overweight in 2022, according to Lancet study

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: About 12.5 million children in the age group of five and 19 in India were overweight in 2022, according to the latest report published in the Lancet journal. In total, 159 million children and adolescents and 879 million adults were living with obesity in 2022, the study said. The total number of children and adolescents who were affected …

ICMR-NIN scientists find alarming obesity levels in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 1 month ago

ICMR-NIN scientists find alarming obesity levels in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Scientists at the ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition have found out that there is an alarming incidence of obesity in both urban and rural areas of the Telugu States including in Hyderabad. A recent cross-sectional study conducted in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has delved into various dimensions of nutritional status and factors associated with malnutrition across different age groups in these …

What’s behind the rising rates of childhood obesity in India? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 4 months ago

What’s behind the rising rates of childhood obesity in India? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

India is staring at a strange problem: malnutrition among children has not gone away, but at the same time, there is an increasing burden of childhood obesity. The latest National Family Health Survey reported that 33 States and Union Territories in the country registered a spike in the number of overweight children. Changing lifestyles including diets, easy access to unhealthy …

India’s triumphs over poverty marred by an alarming hunger crisis as over 70 per cent of Indians fails to afford healthy food
1 year, 5 months ago

India’s triumphs over poverty marred by an alarming hunger crisis as over 70 per cent of Indians fails to afford healthy food

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 21, 2023 12:38 IST - 3 MINS READ Government think-tank NITI Aayog’s recent report, released on July 17, revealed a remarkable achievement in India’s fight against multidimensional poverty. However, despite these positive strides in economic development, a consortium of esteemed organisations including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, …

Re-evaluating what BMI says about your health
1 year, 5 months ago

Re-evaluating what BMI says about your health

The Hindu  

Here’s a public health riddle. The most-repeated myths about fitness are “the lower the BMI, the healthier you are.or that obesity happens only when you’re not eating well or exercising regularly”, says Suruchi Gupta, a Gurugram-based nutritionist. BMI has become the favoured tool to answer a complex public health question: how does weight affect a person’s risk for disease and …

Explained | Are non-communicable diseases increasing in India?
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | Are non-communicable diseases increasing in India?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The new national estimates for diabetes and other non-communicable diseases shows that 31 million more Indians became diabetic in four years. First, diabetes and other metabolic non-communicable diseases, such as hypertension, obesity and dyslipidemia are much more common than estimated previously in India and second, while currently urban regions had higher rates of all metabolic NCDs …

India logged 31 million new diabetes patients in 2019-21: study
1 year, 6 months ago

India logged 31 million new diabetes patients in 2019-21: study

The Hindu  

June 09, 2023 02:28 pm | Updated June 19, 2023 02:13 pm IST - NEW DELHI Thirty-one million Indians became diabetic between 2019-2021, according to a paper touted as “one of the first comprehensive studies covering all States of India” to assess the non-communicable diseases burden in the country. The study, titled ‘Metabolic non-communicable disease health report of India: the …

India sees reduction in stunting; but wasting, obesity are concerns: report
1 year, 6 months ago

India sees reduction in stunting; but wasting, obesity are concerns: report

The Hindu  

Commensurate with global and regional trends, India continues to show a reduction in stunting and recorded 1.6 crore fewer stunted children under five years in 2022 as compared to 2012, according to the Joint Malnutrition Estimates released by UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank. Stunting among children under five years in India dropped from a prevalence rate of 41.6% in …

Over half of the world to be overweight or obese by 2035
1 year, 9 months ago

Over half of the world to be overweight or obese by 2035

Live Mint  

The World Obesity Federation's 2023 atlas predicts that 51% of the world's population, or more than 4 billion people, are on track to be obese or overweight the next 12 years. A recent study by researchers from the University of Gothenburg published in the Journal of Internal Medicine showed that being overweight in childhood and young adulthood could increase the …

51% of us will be overweight soon; Indian women to get obese at highest rate
1 year, 9 months ago

51% of us will be overweight soon; Indian women to get obese at highest rate

Live Mint  

More than half of the world's population will be overweight or obese by 2035 unless urgent action is taken to curb the growing epidemic of excess weight, warns a report by the World Obesity Federation. But if current trends continue, the number of people who are clinically obese is expected to rise to more than 4 billion people, which is …

Half of the world on track to be overweight or obese by 2035
1 year, 9 months ago

Half of the world on track to be overweight or obese by 2035

Al Jazeera  

The World Obesity Federation predicts that 51 percent of the world will be overweight, and one in four people will be obese. The World Obesity Federation’s 2023 atlas predicts that 51 percent of the world, or more than four billion people, will be obese or overweight within the next 12 years; of those, nearly two million, or one in four …

World's fattest countries REVEALED in new interactive map
1 year, 11 months ago

World's fattest countries REVEALED in new interactive map

Daily Mail  

It's one of the world's most remote islands, home to picturesque beaches, golden sands and even an underground lake. Just 18.3 per cent of the south-east Asian nation's population were recorded to be overweight or obese during the most recent global study. All ten of the world's fattest nations were found in the Pacific, with the island of Palau reporting …

India slips to 107th position in Global Hunger Index, government alleges bias
2 years, 1 month ago

India slips to 107th position in Global Hunger Index, government alleges bias

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 03, 2022 10:25 IST The Global Hunger Index report of 2022, published in mid October, shows India’s place to have fallen to 107 from the previous year’s 101, out of 121 countries. “India has made significant progress in the fight against hunger since 2000, but the regression or stagnation that has occurred in child wasting cannot be …

‘Misinformation is the hallmark of Global Hunger Index 2022’: India slams rating as attempt to taint country’s image
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Misinformation is the hallmark of Global Hunger Index 2022’: India slams rating as attempt to taint country’s image

Firstpost  

The Global Hunger Report 2022 which was released by the Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, non-government organisations from Ireland and Germany respectively, has ranked India at 107 among 121 countries New Delhi: India on Saturday slammed the recently published Global Hunger Index 2022 calling it an erroneous measure of hunger and stressing that the index suffers from serious methodological …

Number of undernourished people in India declines to 224.3 million; obesity among adults on the rise: U.N. report
2 years, 5 months ago

Number of undernourished people in India declines to 224.3 million; obesity among adults on the rise: U.N. report

The Hindu  

The number of undernourished people in India has declined in the last 15 years to 224.3 million in 2019-2021, according to a U.N. report, which also said that there are more obese adults and anaemic women in the world’s second most populous country. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report, issued on July 6 by …

Number of undernourished people in India declines to 224.3 million; obesity among adults on the rise, finds UN report
2 years, 5 months ago

Number of undernourished people in India declines to 224.3 million; obesity among adults on the rise, finds UN report

Firstpost  

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report was issued on Wednesday by UN agencies Food and Agriculture Organisation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, UNICEF, World Food Programme and the World Health Organisation United Nations: The number of undernourished people in India has declined in the last 15 years to 224.3 million in 2019-2021, according to …

The big, fat problem: India’s obesity epidemic explained
2 years, 6 months ago

The big, fat problem: India’s obesity epidemic explained

Firstpost  

A new government report has revealed that a large chunk of the population has been getting increasingly fatter over the years. Here, we explain India’s obesity epidemic that is unraveling at a rapid pace While several Centre and state governments over the last few decades focussed on combating malnutrition, a new government report has revealed that India has developed a …

Obesity getting bigger in India: One in every four has a weight problem
2 years, 6 months ago

Obesity getting bigger in India: One in every four has a weight problem

India Today  

The prevalence of obesity among Indians increased in 2019-21 compared to 2015-16, as per the latest National Family Health Survey data. READ | Covid obesity: The fatness epidemic Correlation between age and obesity in India The percentage of obese men between the ages of 15 and 49 increased to 23 per cent from 19 per cent. Similarly, only seven per …

NFHS-5 Data Shows India Forgot Its Obesity Burden while Fighting Undernutrition
2 years, 7 months ago

NFHS-5 Data Shows India Forgot Its Obesity Burden while Fighting Undernutrition

News 18  

A few decades ago, obesity was not considered a public health issue. However, obesity is now afflicting more than 44 per cent of the world’s population. In terms of gender, obesity has increased by 4 per cent in both men and women in India during the last five years. Trends over the Years Obesity and overweight were identified as a …

Weighty worry: TS people grow more obese
2 years, 7 months ago

Weighty worry: TS people grow more obese

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The findings of the recently released National Family Health Survey-5 reveal that all is not well with Telangana when it comes to public health. According to the survey, obesity among men is far more prevalent in urban areas, where 40.2 per cent of men were found to be overweight or obese, compared to 28.1 per cent in rural areas. …

Fertility falls, obesity goes up in India , says National Family Health Survey
2 years, 7 months ago

Fertility falls, obesity goes up in India , says National Family Health Survey

The Hindu  

The Total Fertility Rate, an average number of children per woman, has further declined from 2.2 to 2.0 at the national level between National Family Health Survey 4 and 5. There are only five States in India which are above replacement level of fertility of 2.1 — Bihar, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand Manipur — as per the national report of …

Data | Where does India stand on the global hunger index?
3 years, 2 months ago

Data | Where does India stand on the global hunger index?

The Hindu  

India was ranked 101 out of 116 countries in the recently released Global Hunger Index. The results of the National Family Health Survey-5 also showed that in the majority of the States for which data were released, stunting and wasting increased compared to the 2015-16 survey round. Click to remove AMP mode Nutrition assessment According to the GHI, the prevalence …

Aakar Patel | As India's rank falls in Global Hunger Index, govt is in denial
3 years, 2 months ago

Aakar Patel | As India's rank falls in Global Hunger Index, govt is in denial

Deccan Chronicle  

In 2015, India’s ranking on the Global Hunger Index was 55. The representativeness of even this opinion poll is doubtful for India and other countries.” The government appears to be saying that it is doing its job by providing free grain to 60 per cent of the population, or over 800 million people. The United States Commission for International Religious …

India must strengthen ICDS, midday meals to tackle paradox of falling nutrition outcomes amid rising GDP
3 years, 8 months ago

India must strengthen ICDS, midday meals to tackle paradox of falling nutrition outcomes amid rising GDP

Firstpost  

The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted policy focus to health in an unprecedented manner. The data on stunting, wasting and underweight are usually collected from Demographic and Health Surveys, a collection of nearly 400 surveys across 90 countries. The percentage of GDP spent by India on health has been low compared to countries like China, and the average in Latin America …

World Obesity Day 2021: Did you know obesity may affect woman's fertility
3 years, 9 months ago

World Obesity Day 2021: Did you know obesity may affect woman's fertility

India Today  

World Obesity Day 2021: Obesity is a condition in which excess amounts of fat accumulate in the body and can be potentially harmful to one's health. In order to spread awareness on this condition by aspiring to tackle the root of the problem, World Obesity Day is observed every year on March 4 to help create a better future. In …

Child obesity cases rising globally: Here's why India should be worried
3 years, 9 months ago

Child obesity cases rising globally: Here's why India should be worried

India Today  

Obesity, which is a serious public health concern, is increasing rapidly among children, said experts on the occasion of World Obesity Day. Indians are highly prone to lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases like hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer which, coupled with obesity, can only aggravate the health complications. “Obesity is associated with higher rates of death driven by …

India ranks 94th among 107 countries in Global Hunger Index; 14% population estimated to be undernourished
4 years, 2 months ago

India ranks 94th among 107 countries in Global Hunger Index; 14% population estimated to be undernourished

Firstpost  

Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan too are in the ‘‘serious’’ category but ranked higher than India in this year’s hunger index. New Delhi: India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the ‘‘serious’’ hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by …

India fares poorly in hunger index
4 years, 2 months ago

India fares poorly in hunger index

The Hindu  

India has the highest prevalence of wasted children under five years in the world, which reflects acute undernutrition, according to the Global Hunger Index 2020. India fares worst in child wasting and child stunting, which together make up a third of the total score. Pandemic effect Globally, nearly 690 million people are undernourished, according to the report, which warns that …

The Hindu Explains | How did the National Institute of Nutrition arrive at the ‘ideal’ weight of Indian men and women?
4 years, 2 months ago

The Hindu Explains | How did the National Institute of Nutrition arrive at the ‘ideal’ weight of Indian men and women?

The Hindu  

The story so far : The National Institute of Nutrition, the Hyderabad-based premier research body of the Indian Council of Medical Research, has released a new set of guidelines, updating norms on recommended dietary allowances, which is the average daily intake needed for a nutritious diet. Another committee in 2010 considered extensive data on anthropometry collected by the National Nutrition …

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