“Indian Pot Belly”: Tracing a Silent Epidemic
Authored by: Srijita Kommaraju On a summer vacation to my home country, India, I was astonished by how casually my relatives manage their health. Heaping plates full of white rice, rotis, and curries were eaten thoroughly, followed by metformin tablets and insulin injections. This was so normalized that no one thought to question it. And for a while, I didn’t either. But then it hit me. Everywhere I looked, my uncles, grandparents, and even strangers passing down the street all shared the...