Socioeconomic status during childhood linked to eating habits as adults

Research states that students from a relatively impoverished environment eat more than those who come from a wealthier background

Chemical used in plastic packaging may cause obesity: research

The chemical Bisphenol A hampers the functioning of a hunger-related hormone and can lead to overeating

Waste-to-hip ratio affects the brain too

Study finds that those with higher ratios of obesity and waist-to-hip ratio had the lowest brain volume

What's driving the worldwide obesity epidemic?

The proportion of adults who are overweight or obese increased from 29 per cent in 1980 to 37 per cent in 2013

Nearly 30% people in the world are overweight or obese

United States is home to the biggest chunk of obese population - 13 per cent, India and China together account for 15 per cent

Obesity in rural areas driving global pandemic: Study

The study reported among low- and middle-income countries, the rise of BMI in rural areas is at par or faster than the cities

UK’s obesity epidemic worse than feared, says study

National Obesity Forum recommends hard-hitting public health campaigns to tackle the problem

Obesity decoded

It's more about how the body feels, than how it looks

Obesity news, fat ads

Violence, conflict push up global hunger crisis

After witnessing a steady decline for over a decade, hunger increased in 2016 and now affects 815 million people worldwide

Bulge bunkum

I paid through my skin

Only to find out that weight loss clinics are a sham

Most baby food products in South Africa have high sugar content

Study sample included commercially available baby foods targeted at children under 12 months and sold in supermarkets and other major retailers …

Obesity and breast cancer: A wakeup call

Adopting a comprehensive approach of addressing lifestyle-related risk factors with regular breast cancer screenings are some of the very …

World Obesity Day: WHO asks media to end biased portrayal of obesity

On World Obesity Day, the global health body asked media outlets to end use of biased language, imagery and instead portray obesity in a fair,&…

Africa’s untapped goldmine of food biodiversity

The sustainability of agrobiodiversity is vital in meeting the food and nutrition needs of present and the future generations in Africa

Slim or obese? Brain decides

Insulin receptor in brain controls satiety, energy expenditure

For a good night's sleep

Most urban Indians dread bedtime. Sleep disorders ensure that 93 per cent of the people living in cities don't sleep well or worse, are not able …

Ready to bloat

Anti-obesity drug market set to get bigger

Obesity, climate change and under-nutrition form a synergy of epidemics: Report

A Lancet Commission report says these three co-occur, interact with each other to produce complex sequelae and share common underlying societal …

‘Millions of diabetes patients may not have access to insulin by 2030’

With a lack of availalibility, rising costs and increasing burden of the disease, study says over 40 million with Type 2 diabetes may not be …

World will have more obese children and adolescents than underweight by 2022: WHO

In contrast to the rise in obesity in children and adolescents, India had the highest prevalence of moderate and severe underweight …

Lollipops, fizz, chips

Twenty-five years ago, small shops would sell foods produced by local home-food processors, but that important part of the informal economy seems …

Reducing added sugar in food can prevent many diseases: study

Previous studies have majorly focused sugar’s caloric equivalence and its role in fomenting increases in weight

Sugar debate

Spiced by developing bloc