Tag: Obesity

Effective tips to manage obesity

It is a challenge that has been evolving rapidly in recent years and is now ranked among one of the primary causes of preventable deaths across the globe.

March 15, 2023

Researchers reveal how nearby food stores affect patients after weight-loss surgery

A closer look at store products affected whether that proximity was beneficial, showing that living within a five-minute walk of a store with a low-quality selection of foods was actually linked to less weight loss at the two-year post-operative point.

March 14, 2023

Mid-life obesity connected to physical frailty risk in older age: Study

Researchers discovered that being overweight, including having a bulging belly, starting in middle life is associated with a higher chance of developing physical weakness in old age.

January 31, 2023

Study: Positively charged nanomaterials treat obesity

Studies have also revealed a strong correlation between obesity and cancer, recent data show that smoking, drinking alcohol, and obesity are the biggest contributors to cancer worldwide.

December 3, 2022

New research shows intermittent fasting can affect female hormones

A study has found that intermittent fasting can affect women's reproductive hormones.

October 30, 2022

Obesity, sedentary lifestyle making young women prone to breast cancer: Experts

The medical fraternity across the country has undertaken a campaign to create awareness about the deadly disease as part of the Breast Cancer Awareness observed every October. 

October 19, 2022

Obesity in India and its harmful consequences on human body

Researchers claim that obesity is commonly studied as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular morbidities.

June 5, 2022

Overweight, obesity may up cancer risk among boozers

Over an average follow-up of 12 years, 17,617 participants were diagnosed with alcohol-related cancer and 20,214 developed obesity-related cancer.

May 7, 2022

Severe obesity blunts antibody response to Covid vaccines: Study

Vaccines against influenza, hepatitis B and rabies, have also shown reduced responses in people with obesity, said researchers from Istanbul University in Turkey.

May 6, 2022

Why teens are getting more prone to obesity?

Today, an estimated 1 in 5 school-age children are considered obese. When compared to children of the same sex and height, obese children rank in the 95th percentile or above. Many factors contribute to this epidemic such as genetics, unhealthy habits, lack of physical activity, and environmental difficulties.

December 31, 2021

Rising trend of childhood obesity in Delhi, survey reveals

Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Association with the Institute of Child health of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital carried out a sample survey to quantify the magnitude of rising obesity during this ongoing pandemic.

November 14, 2021

Kidney ailments in children: Junk food and obesity are key risk factors

"With the current sedentary lifestyle, exercises and physical activities often miss out on children's daily routine. Consuming unhealthy and fatty food with no exercise and burning extra calories is the worst combination for your child's health."

March 12, 2021

Novel way for weight loss in patients with obesity, diabetes

Bimagrumab is an antibody that blocks activ in type II receptors and stimulates skeletal muscle growth.

January 19, 2021

Five major causes of kidney damage

Unhealthy diet and lifestyle choices can lead to kidney damage without showing signs or symptoms until the organ is badly damaged.

February 15, 2020

Eat your dinner on time for health benefits and weight-loss

It will make your today healthier than yesterday and pave the way for a healthy living tomorrow

January 30, 2020

Health benefits of Himalayan rock salt

Swapping regular table salt for exotic Himalayan pink rock salt is an easy and affordable change to your diet which could provide with lots of health benefits

November 1, 2019

Want to cut food intake? Dine alone

Previous studies found that those eating with others ate up to 48 per cent more food than solo diners.

October 6, 2019