Affluenza leading to spike in diseases SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE, DENSE POPULATION LAY CITY LOW

Malathy Iyer TNN  Mumbai: The good and the bad of Mumbai are meshing into an unhealthy portrait of the city.      On the one hand, its status as the city with the highest per capita income could be fuelling its biggest health problems — namely the twin epidemics of diabetes and hypertension.      On the other, being one of the most densely populated cities in the country is ensuring that one tuberculosis patient spreads the air-borne disease to at least 15 others within a year, according to a WHO figure.      An analysis of how the Mumbai milieu affects the city's health by a non-government organization shows that one in every six deaths occurs due to tuberculosis, diabetes or hypertension.