Study blames chemical pollution for obesity pandemic

Obesogens are everywhere from water, dirt to food packaging, private hygiene products, house cleaners, furnishings electronics

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 …

Did you think obesity can't get to the poor? Think again

Obesity is increasing the most among England’s poorest, especially women, a recent report by a think tank has said

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

Middle class more at risk of obesity, says study

Research shows that nutritional transition towards more fat and sugar results in increasing obesity in middle-income families  

Obesity, overweightedness scale epidemic levels in Europe: WHO

Unfavourable eating habits, activity patterns during COVID-19 pandemic add to problem

India’s child wasting rate 18.7% as per latest UN inter-agency estimates

India is the largest country in southern Asia, where half of all children with wasting in the world live

‘Elderly women more overweight, obese than men’

More elderly aged 60 and above were overweight and obese in urban areas than in rural areas, found Longitudinal Ageing Study in India 

Obesity increases in India; Haryana, Karnataka among worst performers: NFHS-5

Prevalence of obesity didn't decrease for both men and women in any state, according to NFHS-5

Urban north India has highest fat intake, obesity

Urban Indians consume nearly 50% more fat than rural counterparts, finds latest ‘What India Eats’ survey

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

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

Walking or cycling to work reduces health risks in India

Study makes case for investment in public transport, pedestrian and cycling routes

Tax sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce obesity and diabetes, says study

On an average, diabetes is responsible for two per cent of total deaths in India

Broad-spectrum antibiotics increase risk of obesity in children below 2

Study shows that children given broad-spectrum antibiotics were two times more likely to be obese than other children