Booming Economy is causing Indian Middle class to Bust out
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences recently determined that about 17% of 2,000 teenagers living in New Delhi between the ages of 14-18 were obese.
This is above the global average of 15%.
A survey by Hewitt Associates showed that wages in India rose 13.8% in 2006. Middle class parents take home more than $22,000 annually. It seems the middle class parents are taking home a lot of fast food and empty calories as well.
India is becoming too much like the West – fatter and too glued to the television.
WHO is predicting that if trends continue, India could havev around 80 million diabetics by 2030 – more than 20% of the world's figure.
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