THE COVID-19 pandemic has been the focus of the world’s attention. But is this crisis just about a new virus and the problems it is causing? Or are there larger issues involved here of unsustainable lifestyles and global warming?
Could it be that other diseases, rising silently, are intersecting with the pandemic? Perhaps there are several pandemics and epidemics that are now converging.
Topping the list of concerns are obesity and diabetes. An increasingly sedentary world is plagued by both. For India, with its inadequate public awareness, shaky healthcare system and rising incomes, the problem with these. . .
