Search For "obese"
Did you know teachers discriminate girls of different weight in school?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 8 (ANI): Are obese girls far behind their healthier classmates in school grades?
Read More
Pregnant women drinking from plastic bottle up risk of baby being obese
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 8 (ANI): Pregnant women drinking from plastic water bottles could be driving up their risk of having obese babies, a new study has found.
Read More
Obese women may take 59 percent longer to conceive, says study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 6 (ANI): According to a study, obese women may take 55 to 59 percent longer to conceive compared to their non-obese counterparts.
Read More
Obese patients less likely to die after heart operations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 20 (ANI): Now, you don't have to lose weight before a heart operation, as a study reveals that healthy weight patients were almost twice as likely to die in hospital as compared to the obese or overweight.
Read More
Planning a baby? Shed that fat
Updated : 8 years, 6 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.
Read More
Three genes could explain why some people are obese but healthy, say scien
Updated : 8 years, 6 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.
Read More
Boon for obese patients: Robotic surgery ensures faster recovery,minimal h
Updated : 8 years, 6 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.
Read More
Teens' smartphones addiction can make them obese
Updated : 8 years, 6 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.
Read More
Now, a sleep disorder drug can help in weight loss
Updated : 8 years, 6 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.
Read More
Delhi sees its biggest obstacle course run and fitness festival
Updated : 8 years, 6 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.
Read More
New guidelines suggest overweight children should be screened for non-alco
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec. 2 (ANI): According to a recent set of guidelines published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, a screening test for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is recommended for all obese children aged nine to eleven years.
Read More
World Anti-Obesity Day: Seven things which will keep you 'flab'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.26 (ANI): According to World Health Organisation, worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980. In 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 600 million were obese.
Read More