Need to Probe if Kerala, Maharashtra Have Mutant Strain: AIIMS Chief Randeep Guleria
3 years, 10 months ago

Need to Probe if Kerala, Maharashtra Have Mutant Strain: AIIMS Chief Randeep Guleria

News 18  

At a time when the new cases of Covid-19 have been manifesting a downward trend nationally, its unabated transmission in two Indian states Kerala and Maharashtra has become a cause of worry. Of the total 80,536 new cases reported in the duration, Kerala and Maharashtra accounted for 56,932 whereas the southern state logged 39,260 cases alone. “In Kerala, up to 38 percent of the population was found obese while it was reported 25 percent in Maharashtra,” Kant said. Former ICMR chief also shared that 30 percent of Kerala’s population are patients of hypertension while its prevalence in Maharashtra’s population is around 25 percent.

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‘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 …

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 …

Alarming prevalence of NCDs in Kerala, indicates ICMR-INDIAB study
1 year, 6 months ago

Alarming prevalence of NCDs in Kerala, indicates ICMR-INDIAB study

The Hindu  

The final results of a long-term, cross-sectional, population-based study across 31 States, Metabolic non-communicable disease health report of India, by the Indian Council of Medical Research and India Diabetes paint a bleak picture of Kerala, which figures amongst the top three States with the worst overall indicators. The sample size was close to 4,000 The study throws up little surprises …

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, 7 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 …

Kerala to Create Database of Citizens Aged 30 and Above Who Are Like to Have Lifestyle Diseases, Said Health Min
3 years, 1 month ago

Kerala to Create Database of Citizens Aged 30 and Above Who Are Like to Have Lifestyle Diseases, Said Health Min

News 18  

Kerala Health Minister Veena George recently said that in a bid to prevent lifestyle diseases in individuals aged 30 and above, the Kerela government is drawing up a database of all adults in that age group which will be done at the panchayat level as well, so that the local leaders like MPs and MLAs are better prepared to help …

Kerala witnessing significant transmission of Covid-19 since July: Health ministry
3 years, 3 months ago

Kerala witnessing significant transmission of Covid-19 since July: Health ministry

India Today  

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has written to the Kerala government, saying that the state has been witnessing a sustained and significant transmission of Covid-19 since July 2021. Kerala remains one of the top contributors to India's new Covid-19 cases as it is currently adding more than half of the active cases in the country. Despite efforts …

'Kerala Model Not a Failure': Health Minister Veena George Says As Covid-19 Cases Remain High in State
3 years, 5 months ago

'Kerala Model Not a Failure': Health Minister Veena George Says As Covid-19 Cases Remain High in State

News 18  

Kerala Health Minister Veena George said that the Kerala model is not failing and the system is quite successful and hopes that cases will reduce in the next couple of weeks. Veena George told CNN-News18, “In Kerala, we have developed a system where we have always tried to keep the number of cases below the medical capacity threshold. We have …

Increase in cases a “natural outcome” of a pandemic like COVID-19: Kerala Chief Minister
3 years, 10 months ago

Increase in cases a “natural outcome” of a pandemic like COVID-19: Kerala Chief Minister

The Hindu  

Why is Kerala, with its strong public health system, reporting the highest number of COVID-19 cases in India now? At a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram on January 28, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that Kerala’s test positivity rate is above 10 per cent and unlike earlier, the number of people being infected are more than those who are being cured …

National Family Health Survey: As Covid swirls, lifestyle diseases rise in India
4 years ago

National Family Health Survey: As Covid swirls, lifestyle diseases rise in India

India Today  

One thing that the new National Family Health Survey has clearly established is that child health has suffered much in the last five years. The new official data, released by the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on December 12, is from the first phase of the 2019-20 round of India's official health data household survey. The data shows that most …

Kerala local body polls: Mass mobilisation violating COVID safety norms
4 years, 2 months ago

Kerala local body polls: Mass mobilisation violating COVID safety norms

The Hindu  

THE number of COVID-19 cases in Kerala crossed the one lakh mark by September 11. With local body elections likely to be conducted soon, every urban centre in the State has been witnessing dangerous mass mobilisations that continue late into the night, with the participants and their leaders paying scant attention to COVID safety norms. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan described …

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