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Obesity, related chronic diseases costing Indian economy $28.9 billion ann
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Obesity and related chronic diseases account for a growing share of India's health burden, costing the economy an estimated $28.9 billion annually, said a report by Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI).
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Bengaluru to Host Children's Health Festival and Childhood Obesity Confere
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 8: Healthy Hubba, India's first Children's Health Festival & Childhood Obesity Conference, will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. The event is co-presented by Solutionec and Hlty Beings,
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The HLTY.Beings Collective Raises ₹1 Crore Pre-Seed to Build India's
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], July 14: The HLTY.Beings Collective, a Bangalore-based health innovation startup tackling childhood obesity, today announced it has raised ₹1 crore as part of its ongoing pre-seed round to create its family-centred phygital wellness platform across India,
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Researchers reveal how a mother's health issues pose risk to her children
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome, also known as PCOS and obesity are more likely to have smaller babies in terms of birth weight, length, and head circumference, according to a recent study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
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Study finds how new type of blood test could identify children at risk of
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Scientists have developed a novel blood test that uses lipids to identify children who are more susceptible to obesity-related problems, such as type 2 diabetes, liver, and heart disease.
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Semaglutide ingredient can help protect kidney function in people with obe
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, has been shown in the SELECT Trial to be effective in preventing the loss of kidney function in people who are overweight or obese and have established cardiovascular disease but do not have diabetes
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Light exercise may help reduce childhood obesity linked to inactivity
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Childhood obesity is closely related to more sedentary time as a child through puberty, but new research has revealed that moderate physical activity may completely reverse the detrimental tendency.
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Light exercise can be key to reducing childhood obesity linked to inactivi
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The study, published in Nature Communications, was conducted in collaboration with the Universities of Exeter, Eastern Finland, Bristol, and Colorado, and is the largest and longest follow-up to objectively measure physical activity and fat mass using data from the University of Bristol's Ch
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Early treatment of child obesity is beneficial: Study
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The study was conducted by researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Over 170 young children who had been diagnosed with obesity were monitored by the researchers.
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Overuse of social media, electronic devices by children top concerns of pa
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Overall, mental health and technology use topped this year's top ten list of parent worries about health-related issues for children in the United States, surpassing childhood obesity, which parents considered as the top children's health issue a decade earlier.
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Study finds out ways to stop obese children having heart disease in adulth
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a scientific opinion by experts on heart disease and childhood obesity published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), childhood is a window of opportunity to combat obesity before the harm it causes is irr
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Study shows how racial discrimination increases risk for childhood obesity
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
As per a new study, children who suffer racial discrimination are more likely to have a higher BMI and a wider waistline later in life.
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