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Weight Management Crisis in India: NFHS Survey Statistics
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 17: India is facing a fast-evolving weight-management challenge that is no longer limited to big cities or high-income households. National data now show a clear rise in overweight and obesity across adults, with implications for household health, prod
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This Diabetes Day Heal Beyond Medicine with Dharana at Shillim
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 14: In today's fast-paced world, diabetes has emerged as one of the most pressing health concerns, affecting people across all age groups. Key contributors to the rise in type 2 diabetes include urbanisation, an ageing population, declining physical
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Breaking Chains - Igniting the Flame of Freedom in the Fight Against Obesi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 24: Being overweight and obesity are identified as independent high-risk factors in several health conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and hormonal and metabolic disorders to name a few.
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Study discovers combining swallowable gastric balloon, anti-obesity drug b
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Researchers discovered a new treatment for overweight and obesity that combines the world's first and only procedureless swallowable gastric balloon--which is placed without surgery, endoscopy, or anaesthesia and naturally passes out of the body after approximately 16 weeks and the commonly
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Obesity linked to increased risk of complications after surgery: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Overweight and obesity are not just complicated and dangerous disorders, but physicians and researchers are still learning how they affect health outcomes ranging from heart and musculoskeletal health to disease risk, including cancer.
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Insufficient sleep in teenagers is associated with overweight and obesity:
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep,according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022. Shorter sleepers were also more likely to have a combination of other unhealthy characteristics in
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Do you know lack of sleep is linked with overweight and obesity? Study sug
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], August 24 (ANI): According to a study, adolescents who sleep less than eight hours per night are more likely to be overweight or obese than their peers who get enough sleep. Shorter sleepers are also more likely to have a mix of other undesirable traits such as abdominal o
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Study finds obesity more prevalent now in people with type 1 diabetes
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 27 (ANI): Although type 1 diabetes is traditionally considered a disease of lean people, overweight and obesity are becoming increasingly more common in individuals with type 1 diabetes. A new study has said that people with type 1 diabetes should be screened regular
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Obesity might protect against death in severe bacterial infection
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that though overweight and obesity are risk factors for many diseases, a higher BMI can be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalized for severe bacterial infections.
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In severe bacterial infection, obesity protects against death
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Though overweight and obesity are risk factors for many diseases, a new study suggests that a higher BMI may be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalized for severe bacterial infections.
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Maternal obesity speeds up aging in offspring: Study
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 10 (ANI): Overweight and obesity in expecting mothers may pass across generations to offspring, further increasing their day to day metabolic problems, say researchers.
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Sugar-sweetened drinks linked to overweight, obesity in children, adults?
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 26 (ANI): Yes, you read it right! Analysis of new studies, including 250,000 people, has confirmed that sugar-sweetened drinks are linked to overweight and obesity in children and adults.
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