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Diabetes in India

India has an estimated 212 million people with diabetes out of 828 million globally. One in four people (26%) in the world with diabetes is from India, making it the most affected country in the world. (India's population as calculated in November 2024 was about 17.78% of the global total.) In India, type 1 diabetes is rarer than in western countries, and about 90 to 95% of Indians who were diagnosed had type 2 diabetes. Only about one-third of type 2 diabetics in India have a body mass index above 25. A 2004 study suggests that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Indians may be due to environmental and lifestyle changes resulting from industrialization and migration to urban environment from rural. This lifestyle change has led to the increased consumption of energy intake from animal foods in Asian populations. This change has been seen in India where urban residents consumed 32% of energy from animal fats compared to 17% of rural residents. These changes also occur earlier in life, which means chronic long-term complications are more common.

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