Obesity in India

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Morbid obesity has reached epidemic proportions in India in the 21st century, affecting 5% of the country's population.[1]

NFHS data

This is a list of the states of India ranked in order of percentage of people who are overweight or obese.[2]

Main article Indian states rankings

States Males (%) Males rank Females (%) Females rank
Punjab 30.3 1 37.5 1
Kerala 24.3 2 34 2
Goa 20.8 3 27 3
Tamil Nadu 19.8 4 24.4 4
Andhra Pradesh 17.6 5 22.7 10
Sikkim 17.3 6 21 8
Mizoram 16.9 7 20.3 17
Himachal Pradesh 16 8 19.5 12
Maharashtra 15.9 9 18.1 13
Gujarat 15.4 10 17.7 7
Haryana 14.4 11 17.6 6
Karnataka 14 12 17.3 9
Manipur 13.4 13 17.1 11
Whole INDIA 12.1 14 16 15
Uttaranchal 11.4 15 14.8 14
Arunachal Pradesh 10.6 16 12.5 19
Uttar Pradesh 9.9 17 12 18
Jammu and Kashmir 8.7 18 11.1 5
Bihar 8.5 19 10.5 29
Nagaland 8.4 20 10.2 22
Rajasthan 8.4 20 9 20
Meghalaya 8.2 22 8.9 26
Orissa 6.9 23 8.6 25
Assam 6.7 24 7.8 21
Chattisgarh 6.5 25 7.6 27
West Bengal 6.1 26 7.1 16
Madhya Pradesh 5.4 27 6.7 23
Jharkhand 5.3 28 5.9 28
Tripura 5.2 29 5.3 24

References

  1. "India facing obesity epidemic: experts". The Hindu. 2007-10-12. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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Further reading

  • Praween Kumar Agrawal (2002-05-23). "Emerging Obesity in Northern Indian States: A Serious threat for Health" (PDF). IUSSP Conference, Bankik, June 10–12 2002. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  • C. S. Yajnik (2007-03-07). "Obesity epidemic in India: intrauterine origins?". Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. The Nutrition Society. 63: 387&ndash, 396. doi:10.1079/PNS2004365. PMID 15373948. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  • Misra A, Pandey RM, Devi JR, Sharma R, Vikram NK, and Khanna N (November 2001). "High prevalence of diabetes, obesity and dyslipidaemia in urban slum population in northern India". International Journal of Obesity Related Metabolic Disorders. 25 (11): 1722&ndash, 1729. PMID 11753596.
    • A Misra (September 2002). "Corrigendum to High prevalence of diabetes, obesity and dyslipidaemia in urban slum population in northern India". International Journal of Obesity Related Metabolic Disorders. 26 (9): 1281. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802030.
  • K. Yoon, J. Lee, J. Kim, J. Cho, Y. Choi, S. Ko, P. Zimmet, and H. Son (2006-11-11). "Epidemic obesity and type 2 diabetes in Asia". The Lancet. 368 (9548): 1681&ndash, 1688. PMID 17098087. Check date values in: |date= (help)

See also

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