Obesity In India

Lilly's rival Danish firm Novo Nordisk is also working to bring its obesity drug Wegovy (Semaglutide) to India soon, and according to reports the company may launch Wegovy in 2026

Indians need simple, easy-to-understand, and prominent warning labels, so that their better natures are given a chance to overtake their impulses

Indi had the third largest number of people with obesity as of 2022, behind China and the US, according to a study in The Lancet, with numbers surging as junk food consumption becomes more commonplace

The sales of Novo Nordisk's Rybelsus tablet, used for diabetes treatment and weight reduction, more than doubled to Rs 363 crore this year from Rs 147 crore last year

The company, helmed by Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, is leading the charge among Indian drugmakers - the world's largest supplier of generic medicines - as they race to grab a slice of the obesity drugs market

About 12.5 million children aged between five and 19 in India were overweight in 2022, according to a global analysis published in The Lancet journal Of the 12.5, 7.3 million were boys and 5.2 million girls. The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion. These trends, together with the declining prevalence of people underweight since 1990, make obesity the most common form of malnutrition in most countries, the researchers said. Obesity and underweight are both forms of malnutrition and are detrimental to people's health in many ways. The latest study provides a highly detailed picture of global trends in both forms of malnutrition over the last 33 years. The analysis by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) -- a global network of scientists -- and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the rate of obesity among the world's children and adolescents in 2022 was four times the rate in 1990. It is very

About 12.5 million children aged between five and 19 in India were overweight in 2022, according to a global analysis published in The Lancet journal Of the 12.5, 7.3 million were boys and 5.2 million girls. The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion. These trends, together with the declining prevalence of people who are underweight since 1990, make obesity the most common form of malnutrition in most countries, the researchers said. Obesity and underweight are both forms of malnutrition and are detrimental to people's health in many ways. The latest study provides a highly detailed picture of global trends in both forms of malnutrition over the last 33 years. The analysis by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) -- a global network of scientists -- and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that among the world's children and adolescents, the rate of obesity in 2022 was four times the rate in 1990. It

Mounjaro, chemically known as tirzepatide, is currently sold in the UK and Europe under the same brand name for both conditions

The anti-obesity drugs' market had a sluggish growth till 2021, says Sheetal Sapale, vice-president, commercial, Pharmarack, a market research firm

Citing multiple studies, the report pointed out the association between high consumption of highly processed foods and both low dietary diversity and inadequate intake of micronutrients

The number of undernourished people in India has declined in the last 15 years to 224.3 mn in 2019-2021, according to a UN report, which also said that there are more obese adults and anaemic women

NFHS notes steady increase in obesity among women as household wealth increases

The number of undernourished people in India has declined by 60 million in over a decade, according to a UN report which said that there were less stunted children but more obese adults in the country

A balanced diet can help in maintaining good metabolism in the body in patients with obesity, diabetes, and cardiac illness

carbohydrate & caffeine addiction are one of those food items that can instill a sense of craving

The results showed that the prevalence of obesity has doubled since 1980 in more than 70 countries