date:Jan 28, 2021
lts (18-69 years) and 1,402 adolescents (15-17 years). Among other findings, the survey also found that 41.3 per cent of adults surveyed and 25.2 per cent of adolescents did not do sufficient physical activity.
In addition to this, nearly three out of 10 respondents (28.5 per cent) had raised blood pressure, especially in urban areas and with increasing age.
It was quoted Health Minister Harsh Vardhan as saying: The country is facing epidemiologic transition towards NCD (non-communicable disea