- 31 million more Indians became diabetic between 2019-2021; nearly 40% population hit by abdominal obesity. The lifestyle of a large section of the population has become more sedentary than before and that the burden of metabolic diseases was growing. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(23)00119-5/fulltext 28 comments science