Intake of meat exceeds recommended levels in many regions of the world and has been correlated with non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes.

Researchers from Pusan National University, South Korea, found a fourfold increase in emergency admissions and seven times higher medical costs in people with disabilities.

A study in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia found Bihar's 2016 alcohol ban reduced frequent drinking by 24 lakh cases, intimate partner violence by 21 lakh cases, and prevented 18 lakh men from becoming overweight or obese.