The survey mostly covered women, and the highest overweight percentage among women was reported from districts large parts of which have a semi-hilly terrain with low hills and plains – Una (41 per cent), followed by Hamirpur, Mandi and Kangra. Districts comprising middle and high hills generally recorded lower overweight percentage. Chamba and Sirmaur (23 per cent) reported the lowest overweight percentage followed by Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti.
“Overweight is understandably higher in the low hills and plain areas where each house and farm is connected by road and the slopes are not too steep. In the higher hills, road connectivity is limited due to which people have to walk much more and over steeper slopes,” remarked Sunil Thakur, a university student in Shimla.
Nand Lal Mishra
He is a research graduate (MPhil in population studies) from International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai
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Alcohol and consumption of tobacco-related products have always shown to be very unevenly divided across the country and now, adding to it, the recent report of the National Family Health Survey(NFHS) has also revealed some interesting new developments. Bihar, the state with a prohibition order in place, sees more alcohol consumption than Maharashtra, the report found.
The report found that while 14 percent of men in urban areas consume alcohol, 15.8 percent of their rural counterparts did the same. Tobacco consumption too showed interesting results with the areas of north-east featuring on top of the list.
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