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Eating rice could be protective against obesity, says study

Eating rice apparently may not be so bad for your body weight as you thought. If the findings of a latest study are to be believed, obesity levels are substantially lower in countries that happen to consume high amounts of rice, while countries with lower average rice intake have higher obesity levels.

Eating rice could be protective against obesity, says study
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Eating rice apparently may not be so bad for your body weight as you thought. If the findings of a latest study are to be believed, obesity levels are substantially lower in countries that happen to consume high amounts of rice, while countries with lower average rice intake have higher obesity levels. 


The findings revealed that if people were to increase average rice consumption even with a modest percentage, it could reduce the worldwide prevalence of obesity by 1 per cent. The study also stated that people with diets that included more of dietary fibre and whole grains have lower body weight and cholesterol, and lower rates of non-communicable diseases compared with people with lower intakes. 


It is still unclear as to how rice consumption really affects obesity. To investigate the link between the two, experts examined rice (all rice products, including white rice, brown rice, rice flour) relative consumption and energy consumption in the diets of 136 countries with populations of more than one million.


For the study, they used the data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. This data was analysed together with estimates of obesity prevalence, the average number of years spent in education, percentage of the population over 65 years old, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, and health expenditure. Countries were categorised into low and high consumption groups.


So, the next time you sit down to have a bowl of rice and curry, don't be too harsh on yourself, for it could be doing good to your body, according tothese findings.

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