Genetics may play a part. Researchers say Indians store more body fat per kilogram than Europeans. 遗传可能是其中的一部分原因。研究人员表示印度人身体中的每公斤的脂肪储存量都高于欧洲人。
That means obese Indians are even more at risk for diabetes than other people. 这就意味着印度人患糖尿病的风险要远高于其他人。 Doctor Anoop Misra is director of diabetes and metabolic disease at Fortis Hospital in New Delhi. Anoop Misra医生是马德里Fortis医院负责糖尿病和代谢疾病的院长。
He says the risk of diabetes is crossing social and economic lines. 他表示糖尿病的风险正贯穿于社会和经济线中。
Five years ago, he says, obesity and diabetes were limited to India's wealthiest people. 5年前,他说肥胖和糖尿病还只与印度最富有的人群有关。