Cardiometabolic risk factor prevalence in a representative population of adults in India

India is expected to become the country with the largest population in the world by mid-2023. 1 United Nations Population FundState of world population 2023. United Nations, New York, NY2023https://www.un-ilibrary.org/content/books/9789210027137Date accessed: May 28, 2023 Crossref Google Scholar The proportion of India's population that lives in urban areas is estimated to be around one-third at present and to become one-half before 2050. 2 United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairsWorld urbanization prospects: the 2018 revision. United Nations, New York, NY2019https://population.un.org/wup/Publications/Files/WUP2018-Report.pdfDate accessed: May 28, 2023 Google Scholar The proportion of people living in extreme poverty has halved between 2011 and 2019, although child malnutrition and inequality in consumption remain high. 3 International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentThe World BankMacro poverty outlook, Spring 2023. https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/macro-poverty-outlook/mpo_sarDate accessed: May 28, 2023 Google Scholar India has a diverse population in terms of ethnicity, languages, religions, and diet, alongside major socioeconomic inequalities between individuals and the geographically diverse regions. Metabolic non-communicable disease health report of India: the ICMR-INDIAB national cross-sectional study (ICMR-INDIAB-17)The prevalence of diabetes and other metabolic NCDs in India is considerably higher than previously estimated. While the diabetes epidemic is stabilising in the more developed states of the country, it is still increasing in most other states. Thus, there are serious implications for the nation, warranting urgent state-specific policies and interventions to arrest the rapidly rising epidemic of metabolic NCDs in India. Full-Text PDF