NEW DELHI: A third of Indians, aged above 30, are victims of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, cardiac problems including high cholesterol, blood pressure, thyroid and cancer, a report has revealed.
Lack of sleep, nutrition and exercises are the factors behind it, the GOQii ‘India Fit’ 2017 report said.
The report is based on data collected from over 1 Lakh GOQii users, both male and female, in the age group of 15 to 65 years from cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune.
Of the 33 per cent of the population, close to 9.4 per cent are suffering from high cholesterol followed by 7.7 per cent suffering from diabetes while 6.76 per cent are suffering from thyroid..
Males are mostly victims of diabetes, cholesterol and cardiac related problems while women are victims of low blood pressure, thyroid, bloating and constipation.
It says that people in the age group of 31-60 years are the most stressed people in the country, as per the report. (AGENCIES)
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