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Morbid obesity has reached epidemic proportions in India in the 21st century, affecting 5% of the country's population.[1] Indians are genetically susceptible to weight accumulation especially around the waist. While studying 22 different SNPs near to MC4R gene, scientists have identified a SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) named rs12970134 to be mostly associated with waist circumference.[2]
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This is a list of the states of India ranked in order of percentage of people who are overweight or obese.[3]
Main article Indian states rankings
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[edit] Further reading
- Praween Kumar Agrawal (2002-05-23). "Emerging Obesity in Northern Indian States: A Serious threat for Health" (PDF). IUSSP Conference, Bankik, June 10–12 2002.
- C. S. Yajnik (2007-03-07). "Obesity epidemic in India: intrauterine origins?". Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 63: 387–396. The Nutrition Society. doi:10.1079/PNS2004365. PMID 15373948.
- A Misra (November 2001). "Corrigendum to High prevalence of diabetes, obesity and dyslipidaemia in urban slum population in northern India". International Journal of Obesity Related Metabolic Disorders 25=9: 1281. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802030.
- {{cite journal |title=Epidemic obesity and type 2 diabetes in Asia |journal=[[The Lancet] |volume=368 |issue=9548 |pages=1681–1688 |author=K. Yoon, J. Lee, J. Kim, J. Cho, Y. Choi, S. Ko, P. Zimmet, and H. Son |id=PMID 17098087 |date=2006-11-11}}
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