New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Indian diets are full of low-quality carbohydrates (white rice, milled whole grains and added sugar), and a recent study has put a number on it. Carbs account for 62% of the calories Indians consume daily, according to a research paper published in Nature Medicine.

A high intake of carbohydrates is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and other metabolic conditions, and 80% of Indians are susceptible to at least one of these, the study said.

The findings were based on the dietary profile of 18,090 adults from a larger 15-year study of 113,043 adults conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) between October 2008 and December 2020.

The study shows that ...