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Regaining Mobility in a Changing World: Understanding the Knee Replacement
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27: While the term "pandemic" is typically reserved for infectious diseases, orthopedic surgeons globally are using it to describe the staggering, exponential rise in knee replacement surgeries. What was once considered a procedure for the elderly has become a cor
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One in five Israeli children face obesity as lawmakers sound alarm
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Israel is grappling with a growing obesity epidemic, with nearly one in five children aged 6-9 suffering from obesity and close to a third of the country's youth classified as overweight according to data presented to the Knesset Health Committee on Wednesday.
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Research shows how oestrogen protects against fatty liver
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New research from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet demonstrates how oestrogen protects against MASLD, a fatty liver disease that has developed rapidly during the obesity epidemic. The study, published in the journal Molecular Systems Biology, demonstrates how a new medicine under development c
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Obesity associated with adverse outcomes in leukemia treatment: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Scientists are focusing on how body weight can impact health outcomes as the obesity epidemic in the United States spreads. AYAs with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may have worse treatment outcomes when their body mass index (BMI) is higher, according to recent research highlighted in B
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Meet the illustrious quizmasters of Lupin Aptivate Achchi Bhook School Foo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI/PNN): Several estimates suggest that the rising incidence of unhealthy food habits has triggered an obesity epidemic all over the world. Preference for junk food and other not-so-healthy options among modern-day kids is also a growing concern for parents.
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Scientists reveals that obesity is a neurodevelopmental disorder
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): A team of researchers reports that molecular mechanisms of brain development during early life are likely a major determinant of obesity risk.
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Study finds childhood socio-economic stress might be associated with obesi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Stressful childhood environments are a precursor for obesity later in life according to a University Alberta study that challenges the notion that advertising junk food is at the root of the obesity epidemic.
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Study finds primary cause of current obesity epidemic
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI): A new study has claimed that much of the blame for the current obesity epidemic lies on modern dietary patterns characterised by excessive consumption of foods with a high glycemic load: in particular, processed, rapidly digestible carbohydrates.
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Study claims overeating is not the primary cause of obesity
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): A new study has claimed that overeating isn't the main cause of obesity. Instead, much of the blame for the current obesity epidemic lies on modern dietary patterns characterised by excessive consumption of foods with a high glycemic load: in particular,
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Scientists develop swallowable, self-inflating capsule to facilitate weigh
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 28 (ANI): Scientists have developed a self-inflated capsule called EndoPil which helps in weight loss to tackle the growing global obesity epidemic.
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Does asthma contribute to childhood obesity epidemic?
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 9 (ANI): In a recent study, scientists have found that asthma could give rise to childhood obesity epidemic.
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Cut belly fat with a heart-healthy diet!
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): If you wish to get rid of that belly fat then listen up! Following a heart-healthy diet - high in fiber and low in saturated fats - to cut abdominal obesity is the way out, suggests a study.
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