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The prevalence of diabetes and other metabolic non-communicable diseases (NCD) in India is considerably higher than previously estimated, according to a new study.
These are diet-related NCDs and the finding is a stern reminder that there should be clear warnings on packaged foods. But the Indian journey of front-of-pack labelling so far is the one marked by delays and dilutions.
The report reminded me of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)-led stakeholder consultations that I was part of from January-June 2021 and later in February 2022, during which I pushed for warning labels on packaged foods.
As Chile had set a good example, it was often referred to. But I could sense that people feel we need not be very aggressive as the problem of diabetes and obesity as well as other NCDs is much higher there.
But the findings from this study Metabolic non-communicable disease health report of India: The ICMR-INDIAB national cross-sectional study published June 7, 2023 in the journal The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology tell a different story. The analysts estimated that over 101.3 million people in India had diabetes in 2021. The prevalence rate was 11.4 per cent overall among the participants, with 16.4 per cent in urban individuals and 8.9 per cent in rural.
These rates are perhaps similar or even higher than Chile but the burden of disease is certainly many times higher, as the absolute number of just the diabetic patients is about five times the near 20 million population of Chile.
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