Half of Indian Urban Population at Risk of Diabetes

Wed, 28 Sep 2011
Over half of the urban population of North India could be obese and susceptible to diabetes and heart disease.

These are the latest findings of study undertaken in New Delhi.

The study measured obesity based on body mass index (BMI), body weight divided by the square of height.

Should obesity be measured as percentage body fat, nearly 85 per cent of the Delhi population would be classified as obese .

The study was undertaken by scientists from India and the USA. The study involved 459 people who were on average 42, that is, 217 men and 242 women.

Furthermore, researchers measured blood glucose, waist size, fat around stomach, percentage body fat, and fat tissue in abdomen.

Just over half the participants were categorised as obese on the basis of their BMI. 69 per cent of participants had unhealthy waist sizes with 71 per cent having high fat in their stomach.

More than 45 per cent of participants had risk factors or metabolic syndrome which make them highly susceptible to developing diabetes and heart disease.

Nine per cent of participants were diabetic and around 29 per cent had high blood pressure.

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