Analysing Obesity Epidemicity and Endemicity: Introducing New Quantitative Indices Authors Sanjay Kalra Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India; University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India; Madhur Verma Department of Community/Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, India; Nitin Kapoor Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India; Non-communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.25-20 Abstract As obesity becomes more and more common, it will get (ormay already have) converted from an epidemic to anendemic. This opinion piece discusses theseepidemiological definitions in the context of obesity andproposes three obesity epidemicity indices to quantifytheir indices. It discusses the rationale behind using suchratios to measure endemicity. The discussion notes how thedifferent ratios give markedly divergent results and call forgreater attention to this aspect of obesity epidemiology. Keywords: Endemic, epidemic, epidemiology, noncommunicabledisease, overweight, obesity Downloads Full Text Article Published 2025-02-23 How to Cite Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, & Nitin Kapoor. (2025). Analysing Obesity Epidemicity and Endemicity: Introducing New Quantitative Indices. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 75(03), 503–505. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.25-20 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 75 No. 03 (2025): MARCH Section BAROCRINOLOGY License Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.