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Alarming rise in child obesity in India : Pvt schools’ kids incidence shot up 35-40 pc: Medical Experts

Hyderabad, Mar 4 (UNI) Medical experts on Thursday cautioned that there is an alarming rise in incidence of obesity among children with serious repercussions for future.
Addressing media on obesity and its implications on the occasion World Obesity Day here’, Dr Saratchandra (Sr. Consultant Cardiologist, Indo-US Hospitals); Dr NG Sastry (Director and Sr. Consultant, Dr Mohan's Diabetes Specialties Centre, Hyderabad Cluster); Dr Surender Ugale ( Sr. Consultant - Obesity, Diabetes Bariatric & Metabolic Surgeon); Dr Dilip Gude ( Chief Consultant Physician & Diabetologist, Virinchi Hospitals) and Ms Aparna Nemalikanti ( Nutritionist); said, that Indians are highly prone to lifestyle diseases or Non-communicable diseases of Hypertension, Diabetes, Heart disease, Stroke and Cancer, these coupled with obesity would only amplify the health complications.
Dr Saratchandra pointed out that, obesity is becoming a major issue especially in India to grapple with, and the problem is manifesting from a young age as the number of obese children is rising rapidly in our country.

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Alarming rise in child obesity in India : Pvt schools’ kids incidence shot up 35-40 pc: Medical Experts

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