Obesity can lead to a lot of health issues. Weight loss expert Dr Vidyut Sodha spells out the dangers of being obese.
rediffGURU Chandrakant Lahariya tells you how to lower your blood sugar levels and manage your diabetes.
A report finds an alarming increase in obesity and poor eyesight among primary students.
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.
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 ban is also estimated to have prevented 18 lakh men in the state from becoming overweight or obese, it said.
A round up of all the health news that could benefit you.
Putting on weight? Obesity and weight-loss expert Dr Vidyut Sodha tells us how you can get rid of obesity.
The seeds of India's defeat were sown in Melbourne, where Bumrah had to bowl 53.2 overs -- 24.4 in the second innings on the back of 28.4 in the first innings. With just three days to recover, that was an inhuman burden on a bowler who had bowled 151 overs in this series.
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.
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.
'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.'
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 'resistant starch' in oats aids in digestion, kicks up your metabolism, lowers cholesterol, controls blood sugar and burns fat, says Vandana Luthra.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Treatment for arthritis is mainly focused on symptom management and slowing the progression of the disease, says Dr Vishal Shinde.
It's important to take breaks, spend time with loved ones and engage in activities like yoga or meditation to help relax and relieve stress.
You might be unintentionally harming yourself.
Where do you find the most obese women in the country? The answer is Punjab, according to a report by the government of India.
Patients who followed Yoga and a strict diet lost upto 15 kg and 95 per cent of them reported their blood pressure levels reaching normal levels. Those who followed aerobics lost only up to 8 kg and only 25 per cent of them got their BP to normal.
Shraddha Srinath reveals how she switched from an unhealthy life to a healthy one.
On average, at least one in three Indians today were pre-diabetic, two in three were pre-hypertensive and one in 10 were depressed, the 4th edition of Apollo Hospitals' flagship Health of Nation Report on World Health Day 2024, said.
Fast food can lead to obesity which has become the main cause of cancer, particularly in people who don't puff fags. Yes, according to a study by researchers in Britain, though smoking is still the single biggest cause of cancers, obesity is claiming lives of a number of non-smokers every year, The Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday.
'Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard.'
Over 20 drug companies marketing anti-obesity drug sibutramine under a variety of brand names are likely to soon face a ban on selling the medicine.
The Hyderabad-based National Institute of Nutrition under the apex health research body on Wednesday released revised 'Dietary Guidelines for Indians' to meet the requirements of essential nutrients and prevent non-communicable diseases.
The revised Dietary Guidelines for Indians released by the National Institute of Nutrition explains how prolonged intake of large amounts of protein powders or consumption of high protein concentrate can damage the body.
Never got mentally down when people made fun of my weight: Neeraj Chopra in Fit India Champions podcast
In a finding that could bring hope to millions, scientists have determined that a specific gene plays a role in the weight-gain response to a high-fat diet.
Simply put, say researchers in a study widely cited in the international news media, obesity can spread through social interaction, much like flu
'Indians have more body fat, less muscle mass...Obesity is more prevalent among vegetarians....' advises Dr Nikhil Dhurandhar.
Shoaib Malik took no time to move on from his separation from Indian tennis great Sania Mirza as he tied the knot with Pakistan actress Sana Javed.
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