Nutrition survey: Children show early signs of diabetes, high cholesterol
Nutrition survey: Children show early signs of diabetes, high cholesterol India has made considerable progress in tackling malnourishment, but more children are showing early signs of diabetes and high cholesterol Current Affairs :Indeed, even as Indian youngsters keep on pondering undernutrition, the main ever national nourishment study of kids and youths demonstrates a developing danger of non-transmittable ailments (NCDs, for example, diabetes, hypertension and ceaseless kidney infection, with many giving early indications of these illnesses. Just about one out of 10 youngsters, five to nine years, were pre-diabetic and 1 percent were at that point diabetic, as indicated by the administration’s Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS), discharged on October 8, 2019. Around 5 percent of youngsters and youths, five-19 years, were overweight, the overview found. Indications of elevated cholesterol and triglycerides in youngsters and youths—India’s future working-ag...