Rohin is one of a growing number of Indians with diabetes, the disease increasingly afflicting children and adolescents in the fast-growing South Asian country. "Over the last 20 years, we are seeing a huge explosion ... mainly because of increasing childhood obesity," said Dr. Monica Arora, a specialist with the Public Health Foundation of India. Nearly 30 percent of India's teenagers are obese, nearly twice the number in 2010, according to health ministry statistics. Health experts warn that India is on track to reach 120 million cases, or nearly 10 percent of the population, in the next eight years. Authorities are also working with schools to "catch children in the pre-diabetic stage," Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said recently.

Source: The China Post June 01, 2017 06:00 UTC