By Admin 
When we talk about the villages of India, pictures of farm, hardworking farmer and natural life come to our mind. It is believed that people in villages work more hard, go more healthy than cities. But now this picture is changing slowly. Today, the same problems are coming in the villages which were limited to cities only earlier. In the villages too, diseases related to obesity, fatigue, lack of energy and poor lifestyle are increasing. A major report by the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) has told the fact that in the last 37 years, obesity has increased by five times in rural areas of India, and more than one third of the people are struggling with energy lack of energy. In such a situation, let us know how fast obesity is increasing in the villages of India.
How fast is obesity growing in the villages of India?
A report by NNMB included 1200 villages in 10 states of India. 20-20 houses from 120 villages were surveyed in each state. The focus of the report was on the health of rural adult men and women, especially at their body weight, food and energy level, in which some important figures of the report are different. The average BMI (body mass index) of men was 18.4 in 1975-79, which increased to 20.2 in 2010-12. The average BMI of women increased from 18.7 to 20.5. In terms of overweight and obesity, men increased from 2 percent to 10 percent. Women increased from 3 percent to 13 percent. 35 percent of rural men and women are still facing lack of energy ie chronic energy deficiency.
Why is obesity increasing in villages?
Earlier people used to work in the fields in villages, used to walk for hours and their food was also normal and healthy. But now the villages have also changed. Now in villages, there are easily fast food, packaged snacks and sweet drinks in the markets. These things are being eaten more due to being cheap. Machines have replaced human beings in the fields, now in the villages, the body’s hard work has reduced. Due to the increasing use of technology, people now spend more time in the villages. It was found in the report that the problem of obesity has been found in joint families. Even in the villages, economic, social and family tension are increasing, which is affecting health.
At the same time, obesity is becoming a crisis of the whole world, not just India. Between 1980 and 2020, the rate of obesity has doubled across the world. The rate of obesity in the world was 6.4 percent in 1980, which increased to 12 percent in 2020. The average BMI in China increased by 2.65 between 1989 and 2011, and women’s 1.90. It is clear that obesity is now a global challenge, in which even the villages of India are no longer behind.
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