INTRODUCTION — Overweight and obesity represent a rapidly growing threat to the health of populations and an increasing number of countries worldwide. Experts from various international organizations have recognised obesity as a global problem. Wealth and development brings with itself urbanization and reduction in physical activity.
It also fuels inflation, which reduces access to increasingly expensive fruits and vegetablesIndian studies, indicate that the living conditions have improved considerably. Transport facilities, medical care and food habits, educational status, and family income have dramatically improved, which along with easy access to city and television watching, result in unwanted changes in lifestyle. These have eventually led to significant increase in body mass index (BMI) as well as abdominal obesity in both sexes as compared to a similar study conducted in…
