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In Urban India, 2 out of 3 ladies above 35 yrs are obese

This shocking result is conclusion of study, carried by Dr Anoop Misra ( Fortis Hospital) and Dr R M Pandey (AIIMS).

Two of three women in urban India are overweight, found a three-year study of 4,621 women across India.

The study, done by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Department of Science and Technology and the Diabetes Foundation of India here on Sunday, studied urban and rural women over 35 years in Kolkata, Kochi, Pondicherry, Jaipur, Ballabgarh (outside Delhi), Gandhigram, Pune, Pondicherry and Jaipur.

Risk factors for heart disease such as high blood pressure, high bad cholesterol and tobacco use were common.

  • Twenty-five per cent urban women had high cholesterol levels as compared to 13 per cent present among the rural population.
  • Ninety-six per cent of urban women and 76 per cent of rural women had at least one cardiovascular risk factor.
  • Sixty-four per cent women in urban areas are overweight.
  • 36 per cent women in rural areas were found to be overweight.
  • Almost half the urban women surveyed had high blood pressure.

Despite overweight, women were found to anemia was at the highest at 88 per cent in Gandhigram in Gujarat.

According to National Institute of Nutrition norms, less than 10% of our daily diet should consist of fatty acids, while the level of fat intake should not exceed 30% of daily calories consumed. The study has shown how a bad diet and sedentary lifestyle is predisposing women above the age of 35 to risks of non-communicable diseases like heart disease, cancers and stroke.

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