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Comic books portray exaggerated physical differences between male and fema
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 2 (ANI): Within the pages of comic books of superheroes like Thor and Black Widow, male superheroes are portrayed as average obese, while females are shown as average close to underweight. They do not have a healthy body mass index (BMI), suggest researchers. Read More
'Nasty Gal' comes under fire for featuring excessively thin model in ad
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 11 (ANI): American fashion retail company 'Nasty Gal' is facing backlash after one of its advertisements featured an "unhealthily underweight" model.
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Naidu aims to make Andhra malnutrition free
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Raising concern on the health conditions of children in the state, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday asked the officials to ensure that the underweight, anemic and malnourished children get healthy within a year.
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Victoria Beckham faces backlash for using ultra-thin model in new campaign
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): Victoria Beckham, an accomplished fashion designer, ex-pop singer, and a global style icon, is facing social media wrath for casting an ultra thin model in an advertisement for her new eyewear collection.
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Women living in Iraq, Syria at risk of delivering underweight babies
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], November 30 (ANI): Living in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria can increase the risk of giving birth to underweight babies, warns a recent study.
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Underweight teenagers likely to have early menopause
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], October 26 (ANI): A recent study has warned that females who are underweight in their teenage years or mid 30s are likely to have early menopause.
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Women with asthma at higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 5 (ANI): According to a recent study, asthma increases the risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery as the patients suffer more often from preeclampsia (PE) and run a higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies.
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Pollution responsible for premature, underweight infant birth: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): According to a recent study, air pollution could be responsible for premature and underweight birth of an infant.
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Stay fit! Too skinny or overweight both ups risk of migraine
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 13 (ANI): One has to stay fit for a healthy living as a study finds, both obesity and being underweight are associated with an increased risk for migraine.
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KJo pens emotional note about twins' premature birth
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 27 (ANI): "My children were born two months premature and worryingly underweight. Like any person in this situation and on the brink of fatherhood, my heart sank."
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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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