Chennai: India’s rapidly changing dietary patterns are driving alarming increases in diabetes and obesity , according to the latest findings from the Indian Council of Medical Research-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) study, published in Nature Medicine.

The cross-sectional survey, conducted in collaboration with the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), analyzed a nationally representative sample of 1,21,077 adults across urban and rural areas of 36 states, union territories, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

Detailed dietary information from one in every five participants allowed researchers to map India’s dietary profile and assess regional differences in macronutrient intakes and their association with metabolic risk.

The study revealed that Indians derive a stagg

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