The
ICMR’s National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB), Hyderabad has conducted
several studies in which data on Body Mass Index (BMI) has been collected from
various States/UTs in India. According to the NNMB survey in 10 States, the
prevalence of overweight/obesity (BMI > 25 Kg/m2) among rural men and women
(2011-12) was approximately 12% and 16% respectively.
A
statement showing State-wise BMI data collected by the National Family Health
Survey-3 (2005-06) is given below:
Prevalence
(%) of overweight/obesity (BMI >25) among Men and Women in India
|
State
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Kerala
|
17.8
|
28.1
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
14.5
|
20.9
|
|
Karnataka
|
10.9
|
15.3
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
13.6
|
15.6
|
|
Maharashtra
|
11.9
|
14.5
|
|
Gujarat
|
11.3
|
16.7
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
4.3
|
7.6
|
|
Odisha
|
6.0
|
6.6
|
|
West Bengal
|
5.5
|
11.4
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
7.3
|
9.2
|
|
Delhi
|
16.8
|
26.4
|
|
Haryana
|
10.8
|
17.4
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
10.6
|
13.5
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
6.2
|
16.7
|
|
Punjab
|
22.2
|
29.9
|
|
Rajasthan
|
6.2
|
8.9
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
7.9
|
12.8
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
4.9
|
5 .6
|
|
Bihar
|
6.3
|
4.6
|
|
Jharkhand
|
4.9
|
5.4
|
|
Goa
|
15.4
|
20.2
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
7.1
|
8.8
|
|
Assam
|
5.0
|
7.8
|
|
Manipur
|
9.2
|
13.3
|
|
Meghalaya
|
5.9
|
5.3
|
|
Mizoram
|
11.4
|
10.6
|
|
Nagaland
|
5.7
|
6.4
|
|
Sikkim
|
11.9
|
15.4
|
|
Tripura
|
4.8
|
7.1
|
'
Source: National Family Health Survey 3: 2005-06
While health is a state subject, the central government
supplements the activities and efforts of the states towards creation of
awareness, health education and health promotion.
The Government of India in 2010 launched National Programme for Prevention and
Control of Cancer Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases & Stroke (NPCDCS). The
focus of the programme is on awareness generation for behaviour and life-style
changes, early diagnosis of persons with high levels of risk factors and their
referral to higher facilities for appropriate management. The programme is
expended to cover more districts in 12th Five Year Plan. From
2013-14, the programme activities up to district level have been subsumed under
National Health Mission (NHM).
In
the National Monitoring Framework and Action Plan for Prevention and Control of
Non-Communicable Diseases (2013-2020), adopted by the Government of India,
obesity has been identified as an area of intervention.
The
Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Rajya
Sabha here today.
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