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15 percent of Indian women below 50 are obese: Azad
By IANS,
Dec 1, 2009 - 7:30:47 PM
At least 15 percent of women under the age of 50 are obese in India, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed parliament Monday.
A Indian Council of Medical Research - survey, carried out at six centres, shows that 12.3 percent urban women and 2.9 percent rural women are obese in India.
'The 2005-06 National Family Health Survey - has shown that the obesity levels in women aged 15-49 years has gone up from 11 percent in 1998-99 to 15 percent in 2005-06,' said Azad.
Azad said the government has earmarked a sum of Rs.16.6 billion under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke -.
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