MUMBAI (AFP) - Indian housewife Sujata Budarapu was shocked when he was told that his two sons were to develop Type 2 diabetes.
"He never even came to me that this could happen." I heard outside the India, this happens to the children of others, but I never thought it would happen to my own, "the age of 38 years in Bombay told AFP."
The Sujata children are not of the exceptional cases, even in a country more traditionally associated with malnutrition and food shortages related to the burden of disease and chronic than overeating.
India still struggles to feed its population of 1.2 billion, but diabetes and obesity have become a growing problem among the middle classes, which have largely benefited from a decade of rapid economic growth.
"Childhood obesity has definitely increased in the past two years," said Dr. Paula Goel, of the Fayth in Mumbai clinic, who runs a youth weight loss program.
"This is mainly because... they play on the field and they are spending so much time on sedentary activities that come with rich lifestyle.".
"Visit the malls on the purposes of week, eating junk food, it was bound to cause obesity.
At the age of 12 years, Saiprasad, youngest son of Sujata watches TV three hours each day and weighs 66 kg (145 pounds) when it should be between 52 and 58 kg.
His eldest boy, Sairaj, 15, tips the scales at 89 kg - 30 kg of overweight.
The two boys enjoy eating oil-rich and fast-food and drugs to control their blood sugar. They attended clinic Goel for three months.
Anoop Misra, President of the Centre for diabetes, obesity and disorders of cholesterol in New Delhi, says that the India is the largest number of diabetic patients in the world to a little less of 51 million people.
But the number could increase by almost 150% over the next 20 years, he warned.
The high number of cases in South Asian people has been awarded to genetic factors, including a predisposition to store more fat.
Factors socio-environnement, however, are now regarded as playing an increasing role in the growing number of cases of Type 2 diabetes.
The condition, which occurs when the body cannot effectively use the insulin that makes much of excess weight and physical inactivity, was seen mainly in elderly.
For the sugar top fast food restaurants, bold, proliferate in Indian cities, catering to a population of hard work, poor in time wishing to pass his renewed cash with Western brands often chosen as a sign of wealth.
"Around the world, except in India, the people love fade, less spicy food,", has declared Himank Doshi, a medical student bite into a takeaway of a stall on the beach of Chowpatty in Mumbai.
"They love food boiled and all nutrition." But the Indian people is less concerned with nutrition. "They first focused on spices for food, the taste."
This state of mind, plus a decrease in physical activity by the increased car use and a lack of open spaces for the year, is a dangerous combination.
A study of 4,000 Indian children in 15 cities, published in the month of August, last year indicated that almost one quarter (23 per cent) 5-14 year olds in urban schools were overweight, while about 11% were obese.
Diabetic obese children are more at risk of developing heart disease and heart attacks, view deterioration, renal failure, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Many young patients of Goel already have mild depression because of their size.
The stakes are high – and not just for the health of the nation: India spent about 40 billion dollars on the treatment of diabetes last year.
Misra, prevention - better health education clinics for weight loss - is cost-effective.
"If prevent us a case we will be saving money so much more, rather than this treatment for the life", he added.
"For an economy in development as the India, it makes sense from 100% to prevent something instead of dealing with insulin expensive and so forth."
Sujata realizes that life in modern India is partly responsible for the situation of its children - and that change is not always for the better.
"If you look at the previous generation, that we have never gone to eat, we just ate home food." Everything was done at home. Now it? s disease and more money more because we have begun to eat more, "she said."
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