Is IndIa really gettIng fatter- Urban rUral dIvIde? How to Manage obesIty?
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the second half of the twentieth century witnessed major health transitions in the world, propelled by socio-economic and technological changes which profoundly altered life expectancy and ways of living while creating an unprecedented human capacity to use science to both prolong and enhance life. dietary deficits and excesses and the lifestyle changes that accompany industrialization and urbanization with economic development make a significant contribution to the most globally pervasive change of the rising burden of obesity and non-communicable diseases (nCds).
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