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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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8 most expensive foods of the world

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 Food is an essential commodity and people aim to have a good and nutritious food within their budget.  But there are certain food items that are so exorbitantly expensive that a general person cannot even think about it. So which are these unimaginable but desired food substances in the world?  When we talk of these products we are not talking about fine dining. We are not talking about the finished on-the-plate products, but the core ingredients that are hugely costly. They are beyond a common man's pocket.  1. Vanilla: When we are eating ice creams, many people will frown at this flavor and go fir another one. For them, this is the basic flavor to be ignored. But if you know the cost of vanilla, you may want to have it next time. It costs around USD 4000 per lbs!!! Its flower blooms only fir a few hours in one year and has less pollination. It is not so easily available in market.  Fruits, bananas, and health 2. White truffles: It is an underground fungus tha...
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