India - body mass index by socio-economic group 2019

As per the results of a large scale survey across India in 2019, the SEC E group had the highest proportion of underweight respondents. The deficit of intake of right nutrition to satisfy the energy requirements of the body leads to underweight problems in the lower socio-economic groups.

Body mass index among Indians as of 2019, by socio-economic group

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Release date

January 2020

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Region

India

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

cross-section of 5,000,000 users

Special properties

across 16 cities among GOQii app users

Supplementary notes

Socio-economic classification in India is based on various parameters like educational qualifications of the chief wage owner in the household and the number of assets owned (out of a pre-specified list of 11 assets). Based on this it is further divided into twelve groups— A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2, E1, E2 and E3. These are applicable to both urban and rural India.

Data for the BMI categories of obese and severely obese people was not available.

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