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Indians get heart disease 10 yrs before West: study

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    • Toufiq Rashid Tags : heart disease, study, india Posted: Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 at 0142 hrs

    The increase was seen both in women as well as men. While 7.6 per cent men were overweight and 1 per cent were obese in the age-group of 15 to 19 years, the corresponding percentage went up to 36.8 and 12 in the age- group of 30 to 39 years. For women, weight problems were found more pronounced. There were 52.1 per cent overweight women in 30-plus age-group while obesity percentage was 17.

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