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In fact India does have a lot of obesity. The rates are not yet as high as they are in the US because they are even more oppressed by poverty, meaning that 1.
by jononomo 6y ago
In fact India does have a lot of obesity. The rates are not yet as high as they are in the US because they are even more oppressed by poverty, meaning that 1. even inexpensive food is in limited supply, and 2. many Indians still rely on manual labor which keeps obesity rates down.
It is noteworthy that India has a massive problem with diabetes and also has the lowest life expectancy in the world.
- jbgud 6y ago>> India: lowest life expectancy India is 145th out of 201 nations measured [1]. Not great, but it's not the lowest as claimed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy#List_by_the_United_Nations,_for_2010%E2%80%932015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...