Why are Indians getting FATTER?

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Data shows that obesity is on a rise in India. There are a few reasons that already make Indians fat but recent lifestyle changes are contributing to this existing problem and causing it to become a serious issue for us. At the same time, undernourishment is still prevalent in the country, so we have to fight two battles together.

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00:00 Introduction
01:25 National Family Health Survey
03:00 Why are Indians ALREADY fat?
03:08 Genetics
03:37 Culture
04:09 Why are Indians getting fatter?
04:15 Poorer diet
06:09 Increased use of television and gadgets
06:52 Urbanisation
07:38 Solutions
08:25 Conclusion

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[mohak_mangal]

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[Rudeus_Greyrat.]

I was 95kg in 9th class and because of this extra weight my knees got damaged but my dad helped me (he use to be a wrestler) I m 18 years old and 5'9 70kg. Thanks dad.

[noumaanahmad]

One of the most important factors for obesity that he didn't mention is the intense pressure and competition the youth has to go to secure good college or marks. I'm a NEET aspirant and due to fierce competition for the few available seats we have to sacrifice everything soo much that we cant afford to go out and play for even an hour and secondly due to the excessive stress we often do stress eating or crave for sugary and fatty foods due to the cortisol which contributes to obesity .

[samykemy]

Back in 90s, our parents used to complain that we are always stayinh outside of our home. Now, the parents complain that their kids are always staying inside home. What a dramatic turn of events!

[mannatsharma]

my school only had 30 mins of PE period once a week. and when teachers were running behind and couldn’t complete teaching the syllabus, they used to take our PE, dance and other classes which involved physical activities. i believe school plays an important role in teaching us the importance of physical activities on a daily basis and they should allot more time towards physical education and activities.

[AyushSharma-vzeg]

For the one who wants to lose weight (though this is not a complete information because one must know how to control cravings and all but still the most basic factors are these:-):
1-Avoid processed foods and switch to natural sources for example replace sugar by honey / jaggery/ (thread)mishri. Remember replacing doesn't means you can eat how much you want, you have to control. Processed foods - refined flour, refined oil, refined sugar must be avoided. Use mustard / olive / coconut / sesame oil. The sugar rule applies here too.(say no to excess).
2- Avoid chips and all that are unhealthy, to figure out unhealthy checkout their ingredients I can't say what to check on the ingredients side but note that fatloss is no joke you must research for 2-3 days.
3- include exercise start doing lightly for approx 2 weeks(depends!) and increase intensity. Muscle building increases BMR therefore prefer doing calisthenics (body weight exercise) or join gym. Refer Chris heria (mine choice) for calisthenics. Do cardio everyday for example running or steps climb don't just walk. Yeah doing HIIT is good it increases your endurance and saves a bit of time.
4- Start eating foods that have all the macros Protein - Carbs - Fats - Fibre. Since you're in fatloss prefer having balanced meal(all macros)
so that cravings are less. Do take piece of jaggery or tbsp of honey to fully complete the balanced meal.
5 - Reality.
It's easy to get motivated through transformation videos but it's too hard to apply it. Not everyone can go through fat-loss you're exams or job might be a problem or so. But remember if you feel you're guilty by saying job is the problem in my transformation then make sure to arrange your time and keep some time for workout. If your feel guilty then checkout your lifestyle.
Dedication must be there, you're not feeling to do those push-ups because or soreness or slight fever but if you do it neglecting about those excuses then that's what dedication is.
Discipline, the ingredients aren't there at house but you have the money to buy it from the store then buy it and cook that meal and eat. That's what discipline is. This might be still less to start your journey so make sure do more research 😉. If your read this thank you🙏

[PokhrajRoy.]

I’m happy that the part about obesity as a status symbol was mentioned. Then again, in schools, both skinny and fat children are vilified by their peers.

[sanket_narode]

Interestingly, malnutrition does not necessarily mean being underweight; being an overweight and having obesity is also one of the signs of malnutrition ( unbalanced diet)

[earthshuman]

There is difference between body shaming and telling someone need to loose weight
For example if someone is fat telling that he need to loose weight for his health is okay
While teasing him saying hathi ka bacha is not okay

[Vibeswithiru]

One of the major factor of obesity among children between age of 16-18 years (especially science students) are these competitive exams they have to appear. As an 11th std student you are expected to be studying 6-7 hrs everyday plus attending classes for another 6hrs and continue this for 2years.
With minimum to no social life, you tend to develop exam anxiety, stress eating habits and even depression in some cases which completely messes you up mentally and physically.
I think this is one of the major factor of obesity in most of the teenagers in India and would love for you to make a video addressing this issue

[ninjahattori]

I hate how people have simply "accepted" colddrinks. It is no less than alcohol.

[bravexgaming]

My Mom had done 25kg fat loss.
She was 82kg, 3 years later, Now
She is 58 kg from last 2 years. This happened because of
Morning and evening exercise for 25 minutes.
Note - eat less calories food, you can eat
till your stomach is not filled (morning, evening) in afternoon you can eat your daily your home food as usual.
Take more green vegetables and salad in your diet.
If u will eat less food your energy will be down and u can fell ill.
Don't eat fast food which have high calorie and high fat.
Try for 1 month definitely you will get benefits.

[sambitdaripa]

I am fat since 6 months old, everybody in my class used to tease me, and now 23 yrs later everyone grew fat and I am not considered as fat anymore🤣🤣🤣

[TheRunningAddictt]

Some more solutions for obesity:
1) Encouraging parents not to keep brainwashing their children with "parhoge likhoge banoge nawab, khelogo khudoge banoge kharab". Instead encourage them to opt for sports activity that will help them tremendously in future.

2) Encouraging schools for a compulsory 1hr physical activity period everyday. Canteens should be regulated.

3) Long term ill effects of packaged food and sugary drinks should be widely taught.

4) A child follows his/her parents. Parents should lead by example. For instance morning jogs.

5) Homemade food should be encouraged. Rather than just relying on order food apps, people should try homemade food as much as possible.

[Daania]

I was an obese kid and no one ever tried to make me reduce my weight because I looked cute. Now I'm 23 and with strict diet control I've reduced to some extent but I'm still not slim. Not obese either, but I find it humiliating when someone calls me ' Healthy ', ' Golugolu ' ' Chubby and cuddly ' . I really want to become slim, I don't care if I would look good or not.

[JyotiDeka]

I worked in Spain for nine months. There, I used to walk around 3 to 4 kilometres every day to reach the metro station and back home in the evening. But in India, instead of walking, people are more interested in buying a car and in my city here in Assam, walking karne ke liye proper footpaths bhi nahi hai. Udhar summer mei sunset 8 baje ke baad hota hai aur sarkaari office 3 baje tak hi khula rehta hai. Toh logon ko physical exercise ke liye bhi time mil jaata hai. Par India mei yeh sab nahi hai. Toh aap hi batao log mote kyun nahi honge.

[VivekBabbar]

Has to do with the lack of exercise culture in India. Every other Indian in their 40s or even 30s has a fat belly in metropolitans. Older generations must start implementing exercise routines as a part of life in young children which will later develop into a healthy habit in a child's life.

[marky]

I would like to add a point as well. There is a misconception that weight gain is caused by fats, but the conversation around it doesn't always include the word 'excessive'.It's true that some kinds of fats are bad, but they are also the main source of taste in food. Therefore this misconception lead the public to ignore Sugar even though research has proven that it is quite addictive. I am obese and am trying to lose weight, so my friends recommended to eat low fat foods, but many of them contain extra sugar to compensate for the removal of fats. These products don't help in weight loss.

[Vedant_]

For all the guys asking for weight loss tips
1. Start working out
2. Stay in a calorie deficit ( eat less calories than you need )
3. Include protein in your diet
4. Stay on the grind
Was skinny 2 years ago now 5'11 amd 74 kgs

[vashishthparmar]

I was 74kg just before my wedding, after 3 months of my wedding my weight jumped to 81kg. I am a fitness freak and I had decided to loose the excess fat but this decision took me 2 and a half year to put it in practice just because of laziness. after 2 months of work out and healthy diet I lost stored fat and gained muscle mass and 12% was my bodyfat % while 74kg weight .... then the laziness grabbed me again and now my weight is 76kg which is still puts me in overweight category according to my height and BMR.
I have learnt that I became busy in earning money and lazy at the same time.