I paid through my skin

Only to find out that weight loss clinics are a sham

You just got fatter

TB part of urban culture

Fat Chance

Reducing obesity -- the leading cause of non-communicable diseases in the world -- has become a political game. At stake are the interests of the …

Who are you?

Microorganisms have a complex equation with humans. From the structure of our bodies to cultural differences, the invisible beings influence our …

India's nutritional puzzle

From the maw of the Indian state there has emerged an undigested piece of development cake: nutritionally speaking, people's diets are out of …

Brought to heel by healers

Aparna Pallavi faces some inconvenient home truths and gets to know about some easy home remedies for painful medical conditions at a meeting of …

'Bad science' bogey

Lobbies use the old trick

Stratagems vs strategy

Governments, industries gang up against WHO's plan

Killer disease

The world is getting fatter, sicker

Who are you?

Bad feed

New lands of the free

New lands of the fat?

Land of the Free

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 news, fat ads

Bulge bunkum

Slim or obese? Brain decides

Insulin receptor in brain controls satiety, energy expenditure

Ready to bloat

Anti-obesity drug market set to get bigger

Sugar debate

Spiced by developing bloc

Wanted

An Asian measure of obesity

Listen to what the brain whispers

Centuries-old obsession

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Denmark imposes fat tax

The surcharge will be levied on food items containing more than 2.3 per cent saturated fat.

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