A cross sectional population based survey from 31 states and union territories of the country has found the prevalence of major metabolic non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity and prediabetes.
The study by the Indian Council of Medical Research–India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB), is published in the The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal. This is said to be the largest survey on diabetes and other metabolic non-communicable diseases undertaken in India.
