Obesity
- drug based weight loss ➡️ semaglutide & tirzepatide
- NFHS 2019-2021
- 40% women & 12% men abdominally obese
- Recent AIIMS study (2025)
- rising childhood obesity in Delhi
- 6-19 age grp
- 13.4% obese
- 7% suffers hypertension
- Sugar boards by CBSE
Rising overnutrition
- urban india crisis
- rural india → global hunger index low ranking, malnutrition
- 8km health walk, Eat right, Aaj se thoda kam by FSSAI
- health star rating
NCD’s
- WHO: 74% global deaths in 2019
- MTM scheme of TN
- doorstep screening, drug delivery for diabetes & hypertension
- community based cancer screening programns
Saudi Arabian model
- calorie labeling in restaurants
- high taxes on sugary beverages
Weight loss drugs now in India!
~ june’25 news
- from companies novo nordisk & eli lily
- GLP-1 drugs
- improving insulin
Sarcopenic Obesity
- muscle mass loss; strength training
Traditional way
- Kombucha for rebalancing gut
Plastic Health threat
- endocrine disruptors in plastic waste