66 pc of Chandigarh people adopting sedentary lifestyle: study

The soon-to-be-published study titled "High progress of cardio vascular risk factors in urban population of Chandigarh", has thrown up some interesting statistics.

According to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research's Endocrinology Department head, Dr Anil Bhansali, the study involving a sample size of 2,272 persons, reveals that women are adopting more sedentary lifestyle.

"The statistics which this study has thrown up are interesting. Most of those covered in the study fall in the age group of 20-70 years, with the exception of one male whose age was 93 years. People in the middle ages were found to be more physically active (those between 50-60 years)," he said here.

Bhansali said the study will be published shortly. Union Territory Chandigarh, which is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, approximately has a population of over 11 lakhs, with high literacy rate and per capita income.

In an earlier ICMR study published last year, Bhansali said that Chandigarh was found to have the highest prevalence of diabetes (13.6 per cent), leaving behind Tamil Nadu (10.4 pc), Maharashtra (8.4 pc) and Jharkhand (5.3 pc), the other states covered under the study.

Meanwhile, in another Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO)-sponsored study, PGIMER used stem cells to treat a group of patients having Type II diabetes or metabolic disorder that is characterised by high blood glucose

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