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Fat’s in fire, Govt brings more under ‘obese’, ‘overweight’

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has proposed new guidelines which expand the standards of being declared “overweight” or “obese”. While the existing international standards, which were being followed in India till now, considered a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 kg per metre square over ....Read more

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Revised Obesity ParametersBy: Jagirdar | Wednesday , 26 Nov '08 15:19:28 PM Reply | Forward Is this another effect of globalization? The Americans have given the Indian doctors their mantra for filling hospitals and clinics with 'worried' pateints. The more you scare, the better the crowd. Shift the goalpost every few years so that what was healthy a few years back is now termed unhealthy and a disease that needs immediate medical attention. Beware of the gimmicks played by doctors.

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