In recent years India has managed to control communicable diseases like malaria cholera and polio. However the nation now has to deal with a new breed of developed world obesity-fuelled diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular ailments. Coupled with a sedentary urban lifestyle increased alcohol consumption and smoking the urban youth are particularly prone to the aforementioned lifestyle diseases. Diabetes capital of the world India has 61.3 million people with diabetes. Even its South Asian neighbours like Bangladesh Nepal Afghanistan and Sri Lanka have fewer diabetics. Only Pakistan fares worse. Dr Ritesh Gupta head clinical operation endocrinology at Fortis Vasant Kunj