Jag biti: Do you know about the trickle down theory?

Obesity decoded

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

Obesity news, fat ads

Finding ways to fight obesity? Coffee could be your fix

A research finds that coffee helps burn brown fat and has anti-obesity characteristics

I paid through my skin

Only to find out that weight loss clinics are a sham

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

Annual numbers of excess deaths in the US relative to other developed countries are growing at an alarming rate

Obesity, cardiovascular diseases, drug overdoses and homicides mainly to blame

Simply Put: Sugary beverage

Seven chemicals that should be blacklisted to prevent obesity

Here's a list of obesogens identified after a decade of research 

Wanted

An Asian measure of obesity

Ronaldo for ‘agua’: Celebrities dissing junk food can go a long way

The Euro topscorer has opened new ground; can Indian celebs catch up?

Internet addiction can cause cold, flu

Immune system weakens due to less contact with people and germs

Listen to what the brain whispers

This chemical controls whether you would be fat or fatter

Genes interact with obesogens in the environment to make a person fatter 

Health in news on May 16

In Short

Manipulating microbes can control obesity

New York apex court strikes down ban on large-sized sugary drinks in the city

Soda companies, small business owners relieved; public health campaigners disappointed

Even shorter workouts help

Exercise changes the way fat is stored

It does not start with belly fat

According to report

South, Southeast Asia have most of world’s underweight youth: IFAD

Number of those overweight also increasing; more underweights in rural areas