New Diet Guide Seeks To Prevent, Halt Diabetes, Obesity Epidemic In India
Windsor Genova – AHN News Writer New Delhi, India (AHN) – India marked World Diabetes Day on Saturday with a call to observing a new dietary guideline aimed at preventing and halting diabetes and obesity among Indians. Dr. Anoop Misra, a director of the Diabetes Federation Of India, said the countrywide application of the “National Consensus on Dietary Guidelines for Adult Asian Indians for Healthy Living and Prevention of Obesity & Diabetes” is a solution to the diabetes epidemic. There are 51 million diabetic Indians making the country the diabetes capital of the world. The guideline is the revised version of the rural-centric eating rules formulated by the Institute of National Nutrition 10 years ago. More than 100 Indian experts formulated the guideline for healthy living tailor-fitted to Indians. Among the recommendations of the guideline is for Indian male who are 165 centimeters tall and weighing 62 kilos to consume 1,850 kilocalories to stay healthy. The daily carbohydrate intake, derived from whole wheat, unpolished rice, barley, buckwheat, oats, millet, whole pulses, legumes, and whole fruits like guava/apple etc., should be around 50 to 60 percent of total calorie intake, that is 250 to 300 grams per day. It recommended eating 4 to 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day to obtain dietary fiber of 25 to 40 grams. Fats should only be 30 percent and trans fatty acid 1 percent of the total energy. Protein intake should be one gram per kilo of body weight. Salt intake should be less than five grams per day. Article © AHN – All Rights Reserved
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