[sudoherethere]

In my experience, as some of the commenters stated on the post, it is really lack of understanding of healthy lifestyle.

I see it in my circle of friends all the time; walking is cardio, oily vegetarian food is healthy, not eating sweets/dessert after a meal is rude, and force feeding guests is just cultural. And ridiculous amount of bread or rice is consumed with every meal.

Perhaps there is some genetic factors but I think it is very obvious that our lifestyle is major factor in increasing our risk of heart dieseases.

[Amanjeev]

So true. Oily, deep-fried vegetarian food (Samosas, for example). The milky tea (chai) is also often very sugary.