India's children face rising high blood pressure risk due to obesity

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India faces a public health crisis as 12 crore children risk high blood pressure by 2040 due to rising obesity. A World Obesity Federation report projects 20 million Indian children will have obesity and 120 million early signs of hypertension and cardiovascular disease by 2040 without policy changes. The report highlights inadequate prevention efforts, with fast increases in low- and middle-income nations, and calls for urgent interventions like sugar taxes and marketing curbs.


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