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Air pollution in big cities gets headlines, but in many rural areas of developing countries indoor air pollution is an even more serious health problem. Poverty condemns half of humanity to cook with solid fuels on inefficient stoves. As a cause of ill health in the world, indoor air pollution ranks behind only malnutrition, AIDS, tobacco, and poor water/sanitation.Smoke in homes from these cook stoves is the fourth greatest risk factor for death and disease in the worlds poorest countries, and is linked to 1.6 million deaths per year. Yet the international community has largely neglected it....

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of morbidity & mortality in developed countries and is emerging as an epidemic in developing countries.Sedentary lifestyle is a important determinant of CHD. The present cross sectional study is an attempt to explore and compare CHD risk parameters like high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), lipid profile and adiposity predictors in healthy sedentary subjects with long term exercising group of professional body builders. Also an attempt is made to find correlation of hs-CRP levels with lipid profile parameters and adiposity predictors.