Estimates show that India's adult obesity rate has more than tripled, and the annual rise in children's obesity is the steepest in the world.
The NSS data put average medical expenditure for a psychiatric and neurological hospitalisation at around ₹49,655 nationally.
If India has to reap the gains of its demographic dividend, the government, and the public at large, should accord due importance to healthy eating and mental health, the Economic Survey 2023-2024 has said. There is a need to bring about a paradigm shift and utilise a bottom-up, whole-of-community approach in addressing mental health.