Mint Explainer | Why India is getting fatter: National survey also reveals dichotomy between urban, rural areas

Key points

• Jessica Jani Jessica has been tracking the pharmaceutical, life sciences and healthcare sector for Mint since November 2024. Based in the country's financial capital, she reports on everything to do with health and medicines.
• This includes corporate action, patent wars, deals, startup activity and consumer trends.
• She also keeps a keen eye on the ever-evolving world wellness and preventive health, which moves faster than regulation can keep up.
• She has a deep interest in what the future of health looks like and how science, innovation, policy and company decisions inform and impact the health of citizens.
• She has been a reporter for five years, working with publications like The Core and News18 prior to this, covering various sectors like automobiles, real estate, energy, sustainability and urban mobility.