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India witnessing rapid rise in overweight, obesity across all age groups:
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to UNICEF's Child Nutrition Global Report 2025, launched recently, obesity has, for the first time, surpassed underweight globally as the most common form of malnutrition among school-aged children and adolescents. Today, one in ten children worldwide, nearly 188 million, live with
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Understanding Your BMI Ratio: What It Says About Your Health
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19: Body mass index, or BMI, is computed by dividing your weight by your height (squared). It is generally used to help you determine your risk of having various types of health problems as you age. Being underweight or overweight can lead to health concerns, espe
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Indian equities to face near-term volatility, recovery expected in H2CY25:
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Industrials, IT, and Energy have been downgraded to a Neutral stance, while Financials, Staples, and Materials remain Underweight due to valuation concerns and structural headwinds.
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Over 41 pc women in Pakistan suffer from anaemia with 14.4 pc being underw
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
More than 41 per cent of women in Pakistan suffer from anaemia, with 14.4 per cent being underweight and 24 per cent being overweight. according to the report.
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Obesity more deadly than previously believed: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to recent CU Boulder research, the mortality risk of being slightly underweight has likely been overstated, whereas the risk of being overweight or obese increases the probability of death by anywhere between 22 per cent and 91 per cent--significantly more than previously thought.
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Study gives insights into how excess weight, obesity linked with increase
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to new research, being slightly underweight has probably been associated with a higher mortality risk than being overweight or obese, which increases the risk of death by anywhere between 22 per cent and 91 per cent--significantly more than previously believed.
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Transformation alert! Randeep Hooda explains why he's been underweight for
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Remember Randeep Hooda's film 'Sarabjit' (2016)? The actor shed over 20 kg in 28 days to play the role of Sarabjit Singh, a Sikh farmer who was convicted for spying in Pakistan. He literally starved himself to look like real Sarabjit.
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Vijaywada: Three-day-old dead baby lies unclaimed, family allege 'baby exc
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A couple namely, Ranjith and Nirmala alleged that their child was exchanged with someone else. They claimed that the hospital staff had earlier informed them that their baby weighed 1.9 grams, however, after some time, the hospital said that the baby had to be transferred to the special c
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Study finds increased risk of preterm birth and underweight newborns assoc
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): Having an underweight and preterm infant is linked to having encountered racial discrimination based on ethnicity, skin colour, or nationality, according to a pooled data analysis of the available evidence.
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Race discrimination linked to increased risk of premature and underweight
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): According to a pooled data analysis of the available evidence having an underweight and premature baby is associated with having experienced racial discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, skin colour, or nationality.
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Study finds people with extremely low BMIs, aren't more active, they are j
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Aberdeen [UK], July 17 (ANI): Researchers from China discovered that people with extremely low BMIs have a unique approach.
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Study: Women suffering from anorexia nervosa likely to give birth to under
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): According to a new study, pregnant women with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa run five times the risk to give birth to underweight babies.
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