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Archana Dang
Archana Dang is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Economic Growth. She received her Ph.D. and Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. Her current research interests include the economics of health – specifically overweight and obesity issues in India. She conducted a primary survey of over 800 households in Delhi to identify determinants of burgeoning overnutrition issues. Her work has been published in the journal, Economics and Human Biology. She has co-authored two book chapters in books published by ADBI and Springer.
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कोविड -19: क्या मोटापा कोई भूमिका निभाता है?
भारत में अतिपोषण एक प्रमुख सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य मुद्दा है। अधिक वजन या मोटापा कोविड -19 की वजह से होने वाली गंभीर बीमारी के प्रति व्यक्तियों को अधिक संवेदनशील बनाते हैं। कोविड -19 के जिला-स्तरीय डेटा और राष्ट्रीय परिवार स्वास्थ्य सर्वेक्षण के पोषण डेटा का उपयोग करते हुए, यह लेख अतिपोषण संकेतकों और कोविड -19 के प्रसार एवं मृत्यु दर के बीच बहुत ही उल्लेखनीय सह-संबंध का प्रमाण प्रस्तुत करता है।
Covid-19: Does obesity play a role?
Overnutrition is a major public health issue in India. Being overweight or obese has been linked to the development of health conditions that make individuals more susceptible to severe illness due to Covid-19. Using district-level data on Covid-19 and anthropometric data from National Family Health Survey, this article presents evidence of a strong, significant association between overnutrition indicators and Covid-19 prevalence and case fatality rates.