'Everyone with a low BMI will not get Type 5 diabetes.'
Even after the removal of breast tissue, it is possible that the cancer may recur in the chest wall or the area where the surgery was performed, warns Dr Meghal Sanghavi, oncosurgeon, at Wockhardt Hospitals.
The results of this study might just shock you!
rediffGURU Rajiv Kovil, a senior diabetologist and obesity specialist, offers advice on how you can alter your diet and lifestyle to maintain healthy sugar levels.
Study finds link between childhood obesity, school performance.
Fast food and a sedentary lifestyle are fast turning Britons obese, with the British population becoming the fattest people in Europe, a survey has shown.
Obesity can lead to a lot of health issues. Weight loss expert Dr Vidyut Sodha spells out the dangers of being obese.
A report finds an alarming increase in obesity and poor eyesight among primary students.
Dr Nandita Palshetkar, IVF expert and medical director, Bloom IVF, explains how certain behaviour can lead to poor quality of sperm.
'It is a beautiful portrait of Ek Bharat, Sreshth Bharat.'
Dr Ashish Mishra, consultant interventional cardiologist, Wockhardt Hospitals, explains how smoking and alcohol can impair your heart health and lead to cardiac arrest.
Obesity is perhaps one of the singular cause of most health issues. In a special series of articles Dr Vidyut Sodha tells us what causes obesity and sheds light on some of the most popular myths.
The process of refrigerating the rice overnight starch that is resistant to digestion and therefore it will not spike blood glucose levels.
Study suggested that constant use of Semaglutide may be linked to development of a condition called non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy.
Phirni can taste astoundingly good with nutritious black rice.
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Putting on weight? Obesity and weight-loss expert Dr Vidyut Sodha tells us how you can get rid of obesity.
Excessive sugar intake has been linked to brain inflammation, which can affect cognitive functions such as memory, learning, and decision-making, warns Pankaj Prakash Sharma, founder, Happa Foods.
A recent study has found that drinking a cup of coffee can stimulate 'brown fat', the body's own fat-fighting defences, which can fight against obesity and diabetes.
'It is not just the US and European opportunity, but it is a huge global opportunity.'
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Obesity is one of India's greatest health problems. In a country where 50 per cent of its population is under 25 years of age, this can have serious repercussions.
Being obese is bad for your health as well as your company's. As large number of US citizens continue to battle obesity everyday, it's costing American companies an estimated $ 45 billion a year in medical expenditure and work loss, according to a new report.The report also found that more than 40 per cent of US companies have implemented obesity-reduction programs and another 24 per cent plan to do so this year.
The ban is also estimated to have prevented 18 lakh men in the state from becoming overweight or obese, it said.
rediffGURU Niharikka Budhwani offers advice on how to correct lifestyle disorders with the right diet and nutrition.
Educators, nutritionists and researchers are trying to call attention to the crisis of youth obesity. Today's generations are struggling with their weight as never before and this burgeoning obesity epidemic is expected to have a terrible impact on their future.
The 'resistant starch' in oats aids in digestion, kicks up your metabolism, lowers cholesterol, controls blood sugar and burns fat, says Vandana Luthra.
If you are overweight or obese, or suffer from stress and anxiety, it will affect your gut health, leading to acidity, says Dr Meghraj Ingle.
Obesity worsens the effects of ageing on brain function, says study.
Researchers in the Netherlands have provided a new insight into the fight against obesity, by finding a way to increase cells' energy consumption. The rising numbers of obesity cases prove that the main weapon in the fight against it --reducing energy consumption by eating less -- is unsuccessful.
rediffGURU Chandrakant Lahariya tells you how to lower your blood sugar levels and manage your diabetes.
The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to carpet London in notes of 50 British pound almost four times over.
Scientists from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter and the University of Oxford, who conducted the study, say that people with two copies of the FTO gene variant have a 70 per cent higher risk of being obese than those without it.
If you are overweight, you will gradually complain of excruciating knee and joint pain while walking, running, squatting, sitting down and taking the stairs, warns Dr Anup Khatri.
The Transcend Implantable Gastric Stimulator, by Transneuronix of Mt. Arlington, New Jersey and Langenhagen, Germany, uses pulses of electricity to trick the brain into thinking the stomach is full.
Regular, uncontrolled consumption of sugar can raise blood pressure, increase inflammation and contribute to obesity, all of which strain the heart, warns Dr Anu Gaikwad.
Indian health chiefs have carried out changes in measuring system to take into account that people of south Asian origin are more likely than whites to develop heart disease and diabetes.
'Any dietary approach is incomplete without physical exercise.' 'Application of calorie restriction/intermittent fasting alone would lead to a decrease in muscle mass, and possibly bone mass too.'
As their population grows in many countries, thanks to junk food and sedentary lifestyles, the world is broadening its attitude towards the obese. There are even contests like 'Miss Chubby' and exclusive shows.With the number of overweight people on the rise in India too, the trend of accepting these overweight people is catching up fast, with over-sized clothes and things readily available in special stores in popular markets.
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