Obesity in India

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Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in India in the 21st century, with morbid obesity affecting 5% of the country's population.^[1] India is following a trend of other developing countries that are steadily becoming more obese. Unhealthy, processed food has become much more accessible following India's continued integration in global food markets. Indians are genetically susceptible to weight accumulation especially around the waist. While studying 22 different SNPs near to MC4R gene, scientists have identified a SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) named rs12970134 to be mostly associated with waist circumference.^[2]

NFHS data

This is a list of the states of India ranked in order of percentage of people who are overweight or obese, based on data from the 2007 National Family Health Survey.^[3]

States	Males (%)	Males rank	Females (%)	Females rank
India	12.1	14	16	15
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
Uttarakhand	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. http://hindu.com./2007/10/12/stories/2007101260940600.htm. 
2. ^ Genetic basis for weight gain
3. ^ Third National Family Health Survey. Mumbai: International Institute for Population Sciences. 2006. http://nfhsindia.org/nfhs3_national_report.html. 

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. http://iussp.org./Bangkok2002/S7Agrawal.pdf. 
• C. S. Yajnik (2007-03-07). "Obesity epidemic in India: intrauterine origins?". Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (The Nutrition Society) 63 (3): 387–396. doi:10.1079/PNS2004365. PMID 15373948. 
• A Misra (November 2001). "Corrigendum to High prevalence of diabetes, obesity and dyslipidaemia in urban slum population in northern India". International Journal of Obesity Related Metabolic Disorders 25=9 (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): 1681–1688. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69703-1. PMID 17098087.