Around 30% of Indian are obese by adulthood, says CCMB study

LONG-TERM tracking of thousands of healthy Indian individuals has revealed that 25% to 30% became obese by adulthood, even though they showed no signs of the condition at the beginning.

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This finding is part of a global study that offers new genetic insights into obesity and introduces a Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) capable of predicting the likelihood of developing obesity as early as age five.

The study involved over 600 scientists across 500 institutions, including researchers from Hyderabad-based CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB). Under the leadership of Dr Giriraj Ratan Chandak, CSIR-CCMB contributed to ensuring that the genetic data from Indian participants reflected South Asian diversity.