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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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Cannibal sandwiches-Please avoid this holiday season, says Wisconsin Health officials!

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  The Wisconsin officials have issued a health warning for people and fans of uncooked meat. They have been told to avoid consumption of uncooked meat as part of the holiday tradition due to its potential to cause infections. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services public warning The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has issued a public notice in people interest. It states that residents should avoid eating cannibal sandwiches this season. These are made of raw meat, tiger meat, or steak tartare. It is a tradition to consume this type of uncooked meat sandwiches during the holidays. But the health authorities have stated that it could be infections. They said on a Facebook post on Saturday 12 December 2020: "Many Wisconsin families consider them to be a holiday tradition, but eating them poses a threat for Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Campylobacter and Listeria bacteria that can make you sick," Cannibal sandwich [Source: Wisconsin Public Radio] The departmen...
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