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Increased prosperity brings rising obesity
According to a study published in the noted journal Lancet, India is just behind the US and China in this global hazard list of top 10 countries with highest number of obese people.
The study - titled 'Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013' - used data collected by international bodies and organisations in various countries like India over three decades.
The US topped the list with 13 per cent of the obese people worldwide in 2013, while China and India together accounted for 15 per cent of the world's obese population, with 46million and 30million obese people, respectively.
According to the study, number of overweight and obese people globally increased from 857million in 1980 to 2.1billion in 2013.
This is one-third of the world's population. Overweight in adults is categorised as Body Mass Index of 25 kg/m2 to 30 kg/m2 and obesity as Body Mass Index of more than 30 kg/m2.
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The wrong kind of growth story: Increased prosperity brings rising obesity as global study ranks India third fattest country in the world | Mail Online
According to a study published in the noted journal Lancet, India is just behind the US and China in this global hazard list of top 10 countries with highest number of obese people.
The study - titled 'Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013' - used data collected by international bodies and organisations in various countries like India over three decades.
The US topped the list with 13 per cent of the obese people worldwide in 2013, while China and India together accounted for 15 per cent of the world's obese population, with 46million and 30million obese people, respectively.
According to the study, number of overweight and obese people globally increased from 857million in 1980 to 2.1billion in 2013.
This is one-third of the world's population. Overweight in adults is categorised as Body Mass Index of 25 kg/m2 to 30 kg/m2 and obesity as Body Mass Index of more than 30 kg/m2.
Read more from here:
The wrong kind of growth story: Increased prosperity brings rising obesity as global study ranks India third fattest country in the world | Mail Online
