GOQii India Fit Report 2018: How Fit Are The Women?

'The GOQii India Fit Report 2018 - Trust & Challenges in the Indian Healthcare System’ is out. The comprehensive report gives an insight into the plethora of challenges people across gender, cities and age-groups are facing in leading a fit and active life.

Want to know where Indian women stand in terms of keeping healthy? Read on to know more.

Issues among women

While men have to grapple with high BP, high cholesterol and diabetes, women deal with thyroid and low BP issues.

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Women more concerned with weight

While men are more focused on getting active and fit, women are more concerned about their weight. Women approach the problem by focusing on eating healthy. They track their food regularly to ensure that they are eating healthy food.

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Workout preference

While women prefer more yoga, aerobics, dance and stair climbing, men prefer running, weights and sports like cycling, badminton and cricket. Women also like getting into aerobics.

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Vegetarianism

Among women, the percentage of vegetarian population is higher (47%).

Keeping Hydrated

Women have less water on average than men. This is true for all states except Kolkata where females tend to have more water than males.

Sufficient sleep

While women sleep lesser than men, in terms of the number of hours, they have better quality sleep.

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Stress

It has been observed that both men and women are plagued by stress equally.

It is time for Indian women to start paying attention to their health by taking charge of what they eat, how much they eat and when they eat. Right eating along with exercising on a daily basis is pivotal to their health.

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