Among the major metropolitan cities of India, the city of Pune accounted for the highest consumption of sugar at 46 per cent, followed by Hyderabad at 34 per cent, Bengaluru at 34 per cent and Chennai at 33 per cent.
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News9 Staff: According to a report released by Healthifyme, during the week of Diwali between 22 and 27 October in India Sugar 32% growth in total consumption of Rs. gain weight Is. Also, according to the report, there has been a huge decline of 32 percent in the workouts of Indians.
Anjan Bhojrajan, Chief Business Officer, HealthifyMe, said, “Two years after Covid, people celebrated Diwali with full gusto this year – and gained an average of 1.5 kg in one week alone! However, it is good to see that many people started working hard to get back in shape – and in 10 days most of them lost the excess weight.”
Highest consumption of cashew katli and gulab jamun
According to the report, cashew katli and gulab jamun are the Indian sweets that have been at the forefront of consumption of sweets during the Diwali week according to the Healthify Me app. This sweet was most liked in Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.
The study also revealed that men are more inclined to eat sweets than women during festivals. During the week of Diwali, there was a 38 percent increase in sugar consumption among men, while it was 25 percent among women. Lack of exercise and consuming more sugar in a week was one of the main reasons for men gaining more weight than women. While males gained an average of 1.7 kgs, females gained 1.28 kgs during the week of Diwali.
Highest consumption of sugar in Pune city
Among the major metropolitan cities of India, the city of Pune accounted for the highest consumption of sugar at 46 per cent, followed by Hyderabad at 34 per cent, Bengaluru at 34 per cent and Chennai at 33 per cent. The people of Mumbai were able to control their habit of eating sweets and the consumption of sugar there was only 20 percent more. Whereas in Delhi and Kolkata, the consumption of sugar increased by 30 percent and 27 percent respectively.
Sugar alone is not responsible for increasing calories. Mumbai curbed its craving for sweets, but recorded the highest increase in overall consumption of food among people. The average weight of the people of Pune increased by 2.4 kg during the week of Diwali. The people of Delhi and Hyderabad gained 1.5 kg and 1.2 kg respectively. Whereas people in Bangalore and Chennai gained only 0.9 kg on an average during the week of Diwali. It has been said in the report that after increasing the reason, now people have started trying to reduce it.
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