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Tax on soft drinks can cut childhood obesity: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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Beware! Teenage obesity ups heart disease risk in 20s
Updated : 8 years, 7 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, 7 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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Dr. Kavitha Simha's View on the Importance of 'Nutrition and Die
Updated : 8 years, 7 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, 7 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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Jet lag increases risk of liver cancer as obesity
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Nov.27 (ANI): Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine have concluded that jet lag can be a major cause for liver related diseases.
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Enjoy Dear Zindagi on anti-obesity day: Salman's love for SRK
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.27 (ANI): Looks like Salman-Shah Rukh 'bromance' has no end to it. The two Khans of Bollywood leaves no stone unturned to prove their love for each other and this time its with 'Dear Zindagi.'
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World Anti-Obesity Day: Seven things which will keep you 'flab'
Updated : 8 years, 7 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.
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World Anti-Obesity Day: Is your child's obesity giving you nightmare?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.26 (ANI): After the United States of America, the epidemic of childhood obesity is gripping India. According to an international journal, by 2025, India will have over 17 million obese children and stand as second highest country in the world with obese children as per
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Change lifestyle, fight obesity: Doctors
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 25 (ANI): On the occasion of World Anti-Obesity day (November 26), Curofy- India's largest community of verified doctors conducted a poll asking doctors about the most effective way to tackle Obesity and interestingly 65 percent of them maintained that lifestyle
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Scientists discover new target receptor to fight obesity
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Nov. 25 (ANI):As per a recent research published in the journal Nature Reviews Endocrinology, scientists have tested a high-fat diet, containing a fermentable carbohydrate, and a control diet on mice and looked at the effect on food intake of those with and without the FF
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Overeating may increase risk of liver disease, reveals study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov. 19 (ANI): Obesity is associated with liver disease, finds a study published in Cell Metabolism journal.
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