Sleep, lipids, and metabolic health in the Indian obesity epidemic: an integrative review of mechanisms, burden, and breakthroughs
Authors' conclusion
Sleep health disturbances appear to be important and potentially modifiable contributors to metabolic dysfunction in India.
Study context
- Population
- Indian population facing obesity epidemic amid persistent undernutrition (Asian Indian phenotype)
- Outcome
- Sleep health, lipid dysregulation and metabolic dysfunction in India
Methodological detailsPubMed-indexed literature 2015 through February 2026, prioritizing India-specific epidemiologic studies, national reports and policy-relevant publications
- PubMed-indexed literature 2015 through February 2026, prioritizing India-specific epidemiologic studies, national reports and policy-relevant publications
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Obesity in India shows substantial regional and urban-rural variation
- Dyslipidemia highly prevalent and inadequately controlled, particularly in T2D
- Sleep disturbances (short sleep, circadian misalignment, shift work, obstructive sleep apnea) increasingly recognized as contributors to metabolic dysfunction
- Mechanistic evidence suggests sleep disruption may impair metabolic health via clock gene dysregulation, bile acid-lipid desynchronization, microbiome-derived short-chain fatty acid signaling, inflammation and neuroendocrine stress pathways
- India-specific lipidomic, longitudinal and sleep-focused interventional data remain limited
Original publication
Sleep, lipids, and metabolic health in the Indian obesity epidemic: an integrative review of mechanisms, burden, and breakthroughs. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 11 May 2026. doi:10.
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