Roots · स्वास्थ्य Health and happiness
The cheapest hospital is the one you never need.
Food, movement, sleep and the diseases they prevent.
Where the damage starts.
- Movement
- Almost half of adults were insufficiently active in 2022, up from about 22% in 2000. 57% of women. Lancet Global Health via South First, 29 Jun 2024
- Food
- Unhealthy diets account for 56.4% of India’s disease burden. Healthy diet and activity can prevent up to 80% of type 2 diabetes. ICMR-NIN guidelines, 8 May 2024
- Metabolic disease
- 101 million with diabetes, 254 million with general obesity and 351 million with abdominal obesity. ICMR–INDIAB, Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2023
- Millets
- India grows about 20% of the world’s millets and led the International Year of Millets 2023. NextIAS, 21 Sep 2022
- Disease burden
- Non-communicable diseases cause about 63% of deaths in India. Heart disease alone causes about 31%. The Wire, 24 Apr 2026
- Screening
- About 1.78 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs offer free screening for diabetes, blood pressure and common cancers. Outlook Money, 28 Jul 2025