AHMEDABAD: Are your favourite trousers suddenly feeling too tight? Is climbing a flight of stairs — once an easy task — seem like a Himalayan trek? Are your knees, hips, and back beginning to hurt? If your answers are yes, then weight is creeping up on you. You have been warned.The latest Lancet study — covering the 1990-2016 period —on the prevalence of obesity among the people of Gujarat above 20 years has revealed a 149% rise among men and 121.6% rise among women.The study says that the prevalence of obesity was 4.7 among every 100 men in 1990.The figure rose to 11.6 in 2016. In the case of women, the trend is equally disturbing. In 1990, only 8 women among 100 were obese; while in 2016, the prevalence rose to 17.7.The Lancet study also shows how Kerala has recorded a 218.8% increase in obesity prevalence among men and 159.8% rise among women in the same 16-year period. In Punjab, 40.3% women and 35% men are obese; while in the case of Goa, 37.3% women and 36.15% men are obese.Diabetologist Banshi Saboo said, “Prolonged sedentary hours, junk food, and limited physical activity have compounded the problem.”Saboo also quoted a recent study of individuals above 40 years in Chennai, Delhi, and Karachi, where close to 40% of those studied were obese.“While the Lancet numbers may be a combined figure for rural and urban areas, the obesity problem for the city is graver,” Saboo said.