hyderabad nearly onethird of the males and females in the state fall in the category of obese as per the latest findings of national family health survey nfhs5 phase 1 additionally nearly half the population is malnourished either overweight or underweight taking into account the ones with low body mass index bmi rates as per the survey 301 women in the state are either overweight or obese having a bmi of more than 25 taking into account the 188 of underweight women a total of 49 of women are malnourishedin case of men 323 are obese while 162 are underweight together accounting for 485 who fall in the category of unfit population as compared to the previous survey where 51 of women were in the malnourished category the number of women now in the category has slightly reduced to 49 while that of men has increased from 46 to 485 experts attribute this to contributing factors such as wrong eating habits high consumption of junk food lack of exercise and genetics food delivery apps and lack of playgrounds are further pushing up childhood obesity which is then carried forward to adulthood increased preference for junk food fermented food and tinned food is seen which has resulted in a shift in the eating habits lack of exercise in the recent days due to the lockdown too has been a contributing factor explained dr sanjeev singh yadav secretary indian medical association ima telangana he added that at least 20 of childhood obesity cases are carried forward to adulthood meanwhile obesity also has a direct correlation with diabetes and hypertension both of which are found to be high among the population according to the survey 18 of men and 147 women had high blood sugar levels