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ETV Bharat / health

India’s Carb-Heavy Diets Are Driving Diabetes And Obesity, Major Pan-India Study Warns

The study is the largest of its kind, covering 1,21,077 adults across 36 states, and the union territories of India.

A new national study has confirmed what many doctors have been warning for years: India’s eating habits are fueling a dangerous rise in diabetes and obesity. The research, published in Nature Medicine , comes from the Indian Council of Medical Research-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) study, conducted along with the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF). It is the largest of its kind, covering 1,21,077 adults across 36 states, union territories, and Delhi, from both cities and villages. Every fifth participant provided detailed diet data, which allowed