Obesity isn’t just a lifestyle issue—it’s a ticking time bomb driving diabetes, heart disease

Obesity isn’t just a lifestyle issue—it’s a ticking time bomb driving diabetes, heart disease

According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) shows that nearly 24% of women and 22.9% of men are now categorised as overweight or obese—a sharp rise compared to 2015-16 data. Experts caution that this trend, fuelled by unhealthy diets and inactive lifestyles, risks undoing decades of advancements in public health.

Preventing obesity is important in the first place. Representational image/Pixabay