When obesity comes to the third world

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In the same country where 4 million people died of famine in 1943, the Indian Medical Association reports that one in three residents of Delhi is now obese. Residents of the capital consume 20 percent more fat and 40 percent more sugar than they did 50 years ago.

Indian food isn't exactly low in calories. Along with local fare — featuring saucy potatoes and flatbreads smeared with ghee, a type of clarified butter — many Indians celebrate the country's numerous festivals by gorging on sweets. Trays of candies accompany social occasions, including birthdays, funerals and all the milestones in between.

Still, Western junk food is the main factor tipping the scales of the growing trend, said preventive cardiologist K.K. Aggarwal.


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