Obesity In Youth: The rapidly increasing obesity is worrying health experts not only in India but across the world. Being associated with increased risk of non-communicable diseases, obesity is increasingly affecting people whose lifestyle is unbalanced. A recent study by HexaHealth has revealed that in urban areas of India, obesity is increasingly affecting people under 20 years of age. The youth of India are quickly falling prey to obesity. Let us know what kind of revelations have been made in this study and also know what are the major reasons for people below 20 years of age becoming obese.
Obesity has increased rapidly among urban youth
Recently, HexaHealth has conducted studies related to obesity in metro cities of the country like Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. This study has proved that among the metro cities, people under 20 years of age are most vulnerable to obesity in Bangalore. In this study, research was done on 1000 obese people in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. In Bangalore, where more than one disease related to obesity was seen in 15 percent of the youth below 20 years of age. Let us tell you that the diseases caused by obesity include problems like high blood pressure and joint pain. This study has found that obesity related diseases were seen in 36 percent of people aged 26 to 35 years in Delhi. Whereas in Mumbai, diseases caused by obesity were detected in 41 percent of the youth of this category. In these cities, the risk of diseases caused by obesity has increased four times among people between the age of 26 to 35 years.
What is the reason for rapidly increasing obesity?
Corona lockdown and epidemic have been said to be the main possible reason for obesity rapidly engulfing the world. Let us tell you that the Corona period, which affected the world for three to four years, has taken a toll on people’s physical activity. During this period, when the lockdown was imposed, the risk of obesity and related diseases became dominant among the youth. During this period, people’s metabolism decreased and body index was also affected. Whereas metabolism should be at its best at a young age. If seen, obesity has increased rapidly in metro cities and the reason for this could be lack of physical activity among the youth as well as stress and unbalanced lifestyle.
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