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Now, a sleep disorder drug can help in weight loss
Updated : 8 years, 7 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.
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New guidelines suggest overweight children should be screened for non-alco
Updated : 8 years, 7 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.
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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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Overweight kids in Delhi-NCR are more prone to diabetes: ASSOCHAM study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 13 (ANI): One in every ten children, between the age of fir to 16 years are overweight and more prone to diabetes.
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Summer breaks lead to childhood obesity, not school year: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 3 (ANI):A new study says that increase in overweight and obesity rates among young children occur during summer vacations, not during the school year.
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Discrimination with obese people escalates health risks
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Oct. 23 (ANI): The scientists have in a recent study found that how society treats an overweight person lays impact on his health.
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268 million kids may be overweight by 2025: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Oct. 9 (ANI): According to a global estimate, researchers indicate that around 268 million children aged 5 to 17 years may be overweight by 2025, assuming no policy interventions have proven effective at changing current trends.
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Manipal surgeon says obesity a disease, not a lifestyle problem
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], Sept.28 (ANI-Newsvoir): According to WHO, more than 1.9 billion adults aged over 18 are overweight and over 600 million adults are obese, with at least2.8 million people dying each year as a result of being overweight or obese. Obesity is the new epidemic sprea
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