Beyond BMI: The Hidden Health Risks India's 'Fit' Population Faces

You can be slim, active, and look perfectly healthy, yet your blood sugar, waistline, cholesterol, or liver could be quietly telling a different story.

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For years, health has been reduced to weight, BMI, and appearance. But Dr. G V Rao, Director of AIG Hospitals, warns that this is particularly misleading in India. A large proportion of Indians carry a higher amount of visceral fat—the dangerous fat stored around abdominal organs—even when their BMI appears...