Abstract
Abstract Up to 76% of the world’s population is overfat, a term referring to the accumulation of excess body fat that can impair health and contribute to chronic disease. While most people who are overweight and obese have excess
Highlights
The global overfat pandemic was estimated to involve between 62 and 76% of the world’s total population, with a relatively new term, overfat, referring to an accumulation of excess body fat that can impair health [1]
In India, the rates of underfat continue to diminish, the nutrition transition is responsible for the growing rise in obesity, the prevalence of which has increased nearly two-fold over the past decade [2]
Smaller numbers of people with sarcopenia who accumulate excess body fat can be overfat, a condition called sarcopenic obesity [5,6], which affects at least 1.3% of elderly Indians [7]. These numbers are derived from the body mass index (BMI), a measure of body weight divided by height squared
Summary
The global overfat pandemic was estimated to involve between 62 and 76% of the world’s total population, with a relatively new term, overfat, referring to an accumulation of excess body fat that can impair health [1]. The National Family Health Survey 4 (NFHS-IV) 2015-2016 reported the combined prevalence of overweight and obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) having increased from 12.6% to 20.7% in women and from 9.3% to 18.6% in men [2]. Smaller numbers of people with sarcopenia who accumulate excess body fat can be overfat, a condition called sarcopenic obesity [5,6], which affects at least 1.3% of elderly Indians [7]. These numbers are derived from the body mass index (BMI), a measure of body weight (in kg) divided by height (in meters) squared
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