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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The WHO-led team visits Wuhan wet market for investigation of the origin of coronavirus!

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 The origin of coronavirus is being investigated by a WHO-led team. Experts visited the Huanan market on Sunday 31 January 2021 as part of their investigation to get the truth about how coronavirus pandemic started. The market was heavily barricaded for the visit. 

The official visit of Huanan market in Wuhan

Huanan market in Wuhan is considered the start point of the coronavirus pandemic that engulfed the world. It is a wholesale seafood wet market situated in China in Wuhan. WHO-led experts on an investigation trial visited this market amidst tight security. There was a high blue fence placed around the market. Additional barricades were outside this fence. The experts arrived and stayed for an hour. Later, they left in a convoy. They did not give any press conference to the gathered journalists. 

Wuhan visit by experts (Source: U S News)

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Experts and details of their China visit

The experts arrived in China around 2 weeks back and were in self-isolation before they commenced their investigation. They have done trips of markets, hospitals, and an exhibition that revealed how Wuhan successfully controlled the viral spread with 76 days of lockdown. The population of Wuhan is around 11 million. One of the team members Peter Daszak tweeted:

"Very important site visits today - a wholesale market first & Huanan Seafood Market just now. Very informative & critical for our joint teams to understand the epidemiology of COVID as it started to spread at the end of 2019,"

But China has restricted the movement and meeting of the team members. They cannot visit or talk to community members due to health reasons. 

The trip itinerary

There has been no release of any trip itinerary. But the members would be there for 2 weeks. Also journalists have not been allowed near the team. The market is still closed since the start of 2020. It was originally a bustling place selling vegetables, meat, and seafood. But now it is a thing of the past. It stands as a memory of the pandemic and an epicenter of it. 4 cases of mysterious pneumonia were linked to this market and the government shut it on 31 December 2019. By end of January 2020, lockdown began in Wuhan. 

The verbal fight between China and the USA over coronavirus origin and access concerns delayed the probe. Now that it has started, the world is eagerly waiting for the results!!!

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