Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
New Delhi, March 4
More than half of urban Indian adults are putting in less than 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week, an ICMR survey on the national non-communicable disease (NCD) estimates has shown. Rural India is fitter than urban India when measured on most indicators of health, but high blood pressure among villagers on the rise.
The National NCD Monitoring Survey shows the prevalence of risk factors among adults aged 18 to 69 years. Published today, it says 51.7 per cent urban adults are physically inactive compared to 36.1% rural adults. Overall prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults is 26.1 per cent.
A higher percentage of adults in urban areas (42.5%) were found overweight as against 18% in rural India. While 11.2% of city people were obese, the corresponding percentage among rural adults was 3.7%. Higher prevalence of raised blood pressure was found in 34% urban respondents and 25.7% rural respondents while raised blood glucose was seen in 14.4 per cent urban and 6.9 per cent rural Indians.
