India’s health crisis is no longer about infections. Instead, it is about what we consume, which in turn is an outcome of our lifestyle.
A research study based on the ICMR-India Diabetes survey provides empirical proof that India’s carb-heavy, protein-poor diet is driving poor health. Worse, this is also exacting staggering economic costs, both nationally and for individual household budgets.
To answer all this and more, StratNewsGlobal.Tech spoke Dr. R Anjana to unpack how India’s diet is quietly undermining its health and economy. And what it will take to change course.
Dr Anjana is the study’s lead author and the Managing Director at Chennai-based Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre.
Anil Padmanabhan has been a journalist for the last 36 years. He has worked in various capacities in several publications including Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Press Trust of India, Business Standard, Mint and was based in New York for India Today. He was a Nieman Fellow in 2001. He tweets at @capitalcalculus.
