The world is now fixated on the impact of COVID 19 – mortality, side-effects and so on – across the globe. While COVID is no laughing matter, and each one of us must take precautions to protect ourselves, there is yet another silent killer on the loose: obesity.
In the early nineties, I started putting on weight. Those days, I used to smoke like a chimney and drink like a fish. At the time, I was hungry all the time and I could not get deep sleep. I had a constant dry cough and drinking anything cold or eating an ice-cream would immediately bring me down with cold and fever.
Worried about my health, I gave up smoking and drinking. But it did not help much. In fact, I started gaining weight more rapidly. I started to suspect that this excessive weight gain was due to factors beyond my control.
When I consulted a doctor about my obesity, I told him that I suspected some kind of bacteria or virus was causing my obesity. The doctor laughed at me and said bacterial and viral infections would only result in loss of appetite and emaciation, not excessive hunger and weight gain.
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