Obesity epidemic of India

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Obesity in India is on the rise. It has reached enormous proportions. As I sit and count at airports, the number of women who look obviously overweight and obese, the figures I get is 8 out of 10. And this is around same in children of all sexes and around 6 in 10 men show clearcut overweight and obesity that is obvious even to naked eye. Anthropometric measurements might reveal more of them.  What are the likely causes? I have a theory that starts analysing these cases right from the 2000s or previous century. Junk food eating and sedantry lifestyle had already given an upward push to obesity in last century. And this also gave rise to diabetes mellitus in both men and women. Hence, such mothers also had diabetes in pregnancy. Some who did not have diabetes otherwise had gestational diabetes. From 2000 to 2026 prevalence of gestational diabetes has risen in india. It has even spread to rural areas and recent national data gives a figure of 22.4% which is almost 1 in 4 pregnant mot...
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USA and China clash over the coronavirus origin investigation in Wuhan!

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 There is problem between the USA and China over the WHO's investigation in Wuhan regarding the origin of coronavirus pandemic. Was it a natural disaster, or an accident, or a deliberate attempt to destroy the world? America wants to interrogate the caregivers, patients, lab workers in order to know the exact cause of the viral source. But China is against this. Why? Is China trying to hide something?

WHO and its special investigative team

WHO-led independent experts have reached Wuhan on 14 January 2021. They want to determine the likely cause of the virus. They are now in quarantine for 2 weeks before they begin their work in Wuhan. Currently, from their quarantined spots they are in talks with their Chinese counterparts by means of teleconferencing. 

The USA is totally unhappy with China's non-transparency in this matter. It has accused China of hiding the initial magnitude of the problem. They feel valuable time was lost there and led to the virus going uncontrolled and expanding into a pandemic. They are not satisfied with the terms of the visit in which the Chinese have done the first phase of the research. 

US-China clash (Source: Pinterest)

Read here   Wuhan lab workers and covid infected bat bite


What US experts demand?

Garrett Grigsby of the Department of Health and Human Services is heading the US delegation. The team has demanded that China should share with them the complete details of the animal, human, and environmental samples it collected from the wet markets of Wuhan where the virus is said to have originated in 2019 end. He said:

“We have a solemn duty to ensure that this critical investigation is credible and is conducted objectively and transparently,”

He wants genetic data of the virus to compare it with the other new variants of the virus. This will help to know the overlap and might help in pinpointing the source of the virus. The Australian delegation also wants access to all 'relevant data, information and key locations'. 

China and its stand

Sun Yang，director-general of the health emergency response office of China’s National Health Commission said:

“The virus origin studies are of a scientific nature. It needs coordination, cooperation. We must stop any political pressure.”

WHO emergency chief Mike Ryan said:

“There are no guarantees of answers,”

He added:

"It is a difficult task to fully establish the origins and sometimes it can take two or three or four attempts to be able to do that in different settings.”


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