The Cochin Cancer Research Centre Initiative
ACTA SCIENTIFIC CANCER BIOLOGY Volume 4 Issue 1 January 2020 Research Article The Obesity Epidemic and Cancer in India – The Cochin Cancer Research Centre Initiative PK Prem Ravi Varma1*, Ushasree Warrier2, Jaisy Joseph3, Jancymol Isac4, Anvar Sadath4, Silji K Isac4, Prasanth MK5 and Sreelakshmi Madhu5 1Head of Department, Department of Medical Oncology, Cochin Cancer Research Centre, Government Medical College Compound, HMT Colony, North Kalamassery, Ernakulam, Kerala State, India 2Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cochin Cancer Research Centre, Government Medical College Compound, HMT Colony, North Kalamassery, Ernakulam, Kerala State, India 3Head Nurse, Cochin Cancer Research Centre, Government Medical College Compound, HMT Colony, North Kalamassery, Ernakulam, Kerala State, India 4Staff Nurse, Cochin Cancer Research Centre, Government Medical College Compound, HMT Colony, North Kalamassery, Ernakulam, Kerala State, India 5Medical Social Worker, Cochin Cancer Research Centre, Government Medical College Compound, HMT Colony, North Kalamassery, Ernakulam, Kerala State, India *Corresponding Author: PK Prem Ravi Varma, Head of Department, Department of Medical Oncology, Cochin Cancer Research Centre, Government Medical College Compound, HMT Colony, North Kalamassery, Ernakulam, Kerala State, India. Received: October 30, 2019; Published: December 06, 2019 Abstract India is a developing country which is in a transitional state of under nutrition due to poverty and obesity due to the industrial- ization and rapid urbanization. In India, more than 135 million individuals are affected by obesity. Urban population and states with high socio-economic status were found to be having higher obesity prevalence. According to ICMR-INDIAB study 2015, prevalence rate of obesity and central obesity vary from 11.8% to 31.3% and 16.9% - 36.3% respectively.
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