“Intervention can now happen sooner instead of waiting for the BMI to reach 30. People with BMI of 25 kg per metre square and above will be considered for initiating drug therapy,” said Dr Brij Makkar, Diabetologist and obesity specialist at Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute, Paschim Vihar.
“The WHO has left it to the respective governments to take action depending on population-specific problems. Hence the onus lies on us to decide the best for the Indian population. If the options of exercise, drug and surgery are applied at the lower levels of obesity, it will benefit Indians in many ways,” Mishra said.
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