ASSOCHAM Survey
HEALTH Intake of rich food and sedentary lifestyle leading to rise in diabetic kids: ASSOCHAM Survey Lack of physical activity coupled with overeating and rising intake of high-calorie food are leading to massive growth of diabetes amid children in urban India, according to a just-concluded survey undertaken by an ASSOCHAM in wake of World Diabetes Day on November 14. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) under the aegis of its ASSOCHAM Social Development Foundation (ASDF) conducted a survey in September and October of 500 kids in the age group of 10-15 years i.e. about 50 each in 10 urban centres of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune to ascertain the prevalence of diabetes in urban Indian kids. Over 40 per cent of children at urban centres do not exercise at all, almost half of the kids tend to indulge in binge eating and many of them are overweight or ...