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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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Seven new symptoms of coronavirus affliction!

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 The coronavirus is smarter and has mutated many times in the past more than a year.  Due to this,  patients are also presenting with new symptoms. And the symptom list is expanding. Now 7 more have been added. These are unusual ones and are seen in milder forms of the disease as well.  New symptoms added to coronavirus symptoms list The 3 most common symptoms of coronavirus affliction are fever, dry cough,  and loss of taste or smell. They are seen early in the disease process. The disease starts with these most of the times. The UK health officials from Warrington,  Cheshire have added 7 more to these classic symptoms. They are: sore throat, muscle pains and joint pains, Loose motions, headache, conjunctivitis, skin rash,  and discoloration of toes and fingers.  Thara Raj, Warrington’s director of public health states: " There have been several cases where a person who has tested positive for coronavirus in Warrington has had very mild symptoms,...
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