Day: 18 July 2021

The ‘Wellness‘ trend picked up it’s pace with the software boom in this millennium. Studies in the 1990s indicated that the ‘Lifestyle’ diseases like Obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension and atherosclerotic heart diseases (possibly strokes) had taken root. And India would, indeed become the Diabetes capital of the world. In addition, a few scientists were surprised at the younger age of South Asians who died of sudden cardiac arrest, as compared to the rest of the world. ‘Metabolic Syndrome’ was coined for them. The young people who had died were found to have higher body-fat content even though they were apparently not obese. All above factors made the younger working class realise the importance of ‘Preventive health’. Their enthusiasm for exercising was fulfilled by the mushrooming of gyms. The wellness industry from world over converged to India to satiate this hunger. Some even wanted to remain healthy without exercising