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Chennai-based company launches app to educate children on healthy food cho
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 6 (ANI): With rising numbers of obese and overweight children becoming a concern in India, a Chennai-based company has launched a pediatric dietary mobile game app to educate children on healthy food choices.
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Overweight, diabetic people at risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty live
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 22 (ANI): People who are overweight and have diabetes are at a higher risk of developing the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as the prevalence of NAFLD is around 9 percent to 32 percent in the Indian population, the Union Health Ministry informed on Monday. Read More
Study links obesity with exacerbated effects of Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): While people who are overweight may face a number of health issues, a recent study has discovered that being obese is an additional burden on brain health and may exacerbate Alzheimer's disease.
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New study shows obesity may exacerbate effects of Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 29 (ANI): New research from the University of Sheffield has found being overweight is an additional burden on brain health and may exacerbate Alzheimer's disease.
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Eating plant-based diet can improve metabolism, study suggests
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 5 (ANI): A study published in JAMA Network Open by researchers from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, claims that a plant-based diet can improve cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight individuals and boost metabolism rate leading to faster weigh
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Overweight, obese adults often don't accept weight problems: Study
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 5 (ANI): More than 40 percent of US adults were overweight and nearly 10 percent with obesity did not consider themselves to be overweight, suggests a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) data.
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Overweight or obese adults often don't recognise they have a weight proble
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 1 (ANI): A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) data found that more than 40 per cent of US adults were overweight and nearly 10 per cent with obesity did not consider themselves to be overweight.
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Plant-based diet ramps up metabolism, according to new study
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 1 (ANI): A plant-based diet boosts after-meal burn, leads to weight loss, and improves cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight individuals, according to a new randomised control trial published in JAMA Network Open by researchers with the Physicians Committee for
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Study reveals enhancing blood sugar control boosts brain health for people
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): According to the findings of a new study, controlling blood sugar levels improved the ability to clearly think, learn and remember among people with type 2 diabetes who were overweight.
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Enhancing blood sugar control boosts brain health for people with type 2 d
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): Controlling blood sugar levels improved the ability to clearly think, learn and remember among people with type 2 diabetes who were overweight, a new study shows.
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Intensive lifestyle intervention focused on weight loss lowers obesity-rel
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Baltimore (Maryland) [US], Aug 29 (ANI): The findings of a novel study suggest that an intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) aimed at weight loss lowered incidence of obesity-related cancers in adults with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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Study reveals intensive lifestyle intervention focused on weight loss lowe
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baltimore (Maryland) [US], August 24 (ANI): An intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) aimed at weight loss lowered incidence of obesity-related cancers in adults with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes, according to a study.
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