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Cut down on booze, it's affecting your heart
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 3 (ANI): According to a recent study, alcohol abuse affects your heart as much as other well-established risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and obesity.
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Planning a baby? Shed that fat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 3 (ANI): In the already long list of disadvantages of obesity, researchers have added another point. A recent study suggests children of obese parents might be at risk of developmental delays.
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Three genes could explain why some people are obese but healthy, say scien
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], Dec. 22(ANI): Scientists have offered a genetic explanation for why some people are obese and healthy while others develop diabetes and heart disease as a result of their excessive weight.
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Boon for obese patients: Robotic surgery ensures faster recovery,minimal h
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 21 (ANI): Robot assisted surgery is changing the lives of the patients who are diagnosed with or suspected to have early gynaecological cancers where primary treatment involves complex surgeries.
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Abu Dhabi food festival successfully concludes in Mumbai
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Abu Dhabi Food Festival (ADFF) in India concluded successfully this week, with a final event at The Oberoi, Mumbai, after being brought to the country for the first time in its history.
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Tax on soft drinks can cut childhood obesity: Study
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [England], Dec. 18 (ANI): Imposing sugar tax on soft drinks and other sugary drinks can potentially improve health of thousands of adults and children by reducing rates of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay, reveals a study.
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Teens' smartphones addiction can make them obese
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 16 (ANI): A recent study reveals teenagers spending more than five hours on digital devices like tablets, smartphones and television are 43 percent more likely to become obese compared with adolescents who do not spend time on these devices.
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Beware! Teenage obesity ups heart disease risk in 20s
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 15 (ANI): Obesity in your adolescence is linked to increased risk of developing heart disease in early adulthood, regardless of ethnicity, warns a new study.
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Enzyme deficiency in brain linked to extreme hunger, severe obesity: Study
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 14 (ANI): U.S. researchers have found that the deficiency of an enzyme -prohormone covertase (PC1) - in the brain is linked to neuro-hormonal abnormalities, a genetic condition that causes extreme hunger and severe obesity beginning in childhood.
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Now, a sleep disorder drug can help in weight loss
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 14 (ANI): Good news for obese people, who are struggling to control their desire for food to lose weight, as a team of scientists has found that a drug used to treat sleep disorder can reduce the impulse for food in overweight people.
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Dr. Kavitha Simha's View on the Importance of 'Nutrition and Die
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI-NewsVoir): The kind of diet you consume is an important lifestyle choice and has a huge influence on your health and general well-being. Issues like diabetes and obesity are often related to an ill-advised diet and lack of essential nutrition.
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Delhi sees its biggest obstacle course run and fitness festival
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 5 (ANI): While life expectancy has gone up to 68 years, obesity has doubled in the last 35 years, with half the world expected to be obese by 2050.
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