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Apollo Hospitals launched the fifth edition of its Health of the Nation 2025 (HoN-2025) report with a clear message: ‘Don’t wait for symptoms—make preventive health your priority.’ Based on health screenings from over 2.5 million individuals across the Apollo ecosystem in India, the report reveals a silent epidemic—millions are living with undiagnosed chronic conditions despite showing no visible symptoms. Notably, 26% were found hypertensive and 23% diabetic despite being asymptomatic, underlining that a symptom-led healthcare model is no longer viable.
Preventive health checks have grown exponentially as recorded by Apollo Hospitals, rising from one million in 2019 to over 2.5 million in 2024 — a 150% increase in just five years. This reflects a growing shift in public awareness and proactive engagement with preventive healthcare.
The insights in HoN 2025 are drawn from de-identified electronic medical records (EMRs of preventive health checks), structured clinical evaluations, and AI-driven risk stratification across Apollo’s hospitals, clinics, diagnostics labs, and wellness centres.
The report zeroes in on three urgent health challenges: fatty liver disease, post-menopausal health decline, and childhood obesity, emphasizing the need for early personalized interventions and lifestyle-based care models.
Dr Prathap Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals said, “India must rise to the opportunity of creating healthy, happy families by placing health at the heart of every household. Preventive healthcare is no longer a future ambition—it is the cornerstone of a nation's well-being today. This report affirms our collective responsibility to act early, screen deeply, and empower every citizen with knowledge and access. It is time to integrate preventive care into every educational curriculum, corporate benefits, and family routines. Only then, can we shift from treating illness to preserving health and ensure a resilient, healthier India for generations to come."
Dr Suneeta Reddy, managing director, Apollo Hospitals added, “The Health of the Nation Report reaffirms Apollo’s long-standing philosophy that the future of healthcare is early, data-led, and personalized. When 66% of people screened have fatty liver, 85% of them being non-alcoholic; it signals the urgency for new diagnostics and early detection at scale. Traditional screening is no longer enough. Apollo’s ProHealth programme is not just empowering individuals to take control of their health; it is laying the foundation for scalable and predictive healthcare."
Key insights of the report are that in the case of fatty liver 65% of 257,199 screened had fatty liver; 85% were non-alcoholic. In silent heart risks 46% of asymptomatic individuals had signs of early atherosclerosis. Among children & students 28% of college students overweight or obese; 19% are pre-hypertensive. Hypertension was found in 26% of over 4,50,000 individuals. In nutrient deficiencies 77% of women and 82% of men had vitamin D deficiency. In the case of mental health 6% of 47,424 individuals screened showed signs of depression.
Apollo Hospitals’ ProHealth programme aims to advocate for a paradigm shift in India’s healthcare approach—from curative to preventive, and from symptom-led to data-driven. The organization’s ProHealth programme has been setting the precedence and proven its effectiveness by integrating advanced diagnostics, expert doctor driven path to wellness, AI-powered predictive risk scores, personalized health nudges, and early interventions. The programme tracks key health metrics in real time and provides actionable recommendations tailored to each individual, enabling proactive management of chronic conditions. ProHealth Programme Outcomes 59% reduced HbA1C (diabetes marker), 51% reduced BP, 47% lost weight through behavioural nudging.
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