The final results of a long-term, cross-sectional, population-based study across 31 States, Metabolic non-communicable disease health report of India, by the Indian Council of Medical Research and India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) paint a bleak picture of Kerala, which figures amongst the top three States with the worst overall indicators.
The study was conducted from 2008 to 2020, in five phases. Kerala figured in the fourth leg of the study and the data from the State were collected between December 10, 2018 and July 10, 2019. The sample size was close to 4,000
The study throws up little surprises for Kerala, where several well-acclaimed studies done since the early 2000 had established non-communicable diseases to be the biggest health challenge of the State. The INDIAB study, however, brings up the heterogeneity between States for the first time and shows where Kerala stands in comparison to the rest of the country.
