Coronavirus Covid19
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Dr Aseem Malhotra, one of the UKโ€™s National Health Service (NHS) frontline medics, has said that poor diet is a major cause behind coronavirus-related deaths in India.

โ€œIndians must urgently cut down on ultra-processed food to build resilience against the virus,โ€ the Indian-origin cardiologist further cautioned.

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โ€œThere is a high prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases in India and this makes Indians extremely vulnerable to coronavirus,โ€ he further said.

โ€ Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease are three of the major risk factors for death from COVID-19 and this is rooted in excess body fat, a cluster of conditions known as metabolic syndrome,โ€ Dr Malhotra further said.

He further said that countries like the UK and the US have witnessed some of the highest death rates from COVID-19 primarily due to unhealthy lifestyles.

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