WHO's draft guidelines only apply to people with a BMI above 30, in some high-income countries like the United States, the drugs are also r...

Narendra Modi will soon launch a health campaign. It is named 'Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan'. The 8th 'Poshan Maah' will also be l...

India, grappling with persistent undernutrition, now faces a surge in childhood obesity, surpassing underweight as the primary malnutrition...

To combat rising lifestyle diseases, the Indian government, in collaboration with ICMR-NIN and FSSAI, will launch a nationwide campaign pro...

The National Health Mission Assam has signed an MoU to upgrade 354 tea garden hospitals into Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, enhancing healthcare ...

The growing demand for nutritional guidance and fitness coaching is driven by increased awareness of lifestyle disorders and dietary habits...

Studies have found that people with depression run a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, with early and effective treatment of the ment...

A recent study has identified a group of genes that are shared between depression and heart disease, shedding light on the genetic basis fo...

For India, there is the 'double burden' of malnutrition and obesity. Also, there is the high burden of non-communicable diseases like heart...

A Lancet study reveals alarming obesity rates in India, with 70% of urban population overweight. India ranks third globally in obesity, fol...

A new research study presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2023 suggests that sedentary children are at an increased ris...

High blood pressure or Hypertension affects more than 30 per cent of the adult population worldwide, which is more than one billion people ...

The survey involving nearly 1,000 respondents from Delhi-NCR shows that children eat out a lot but barely indulge in physical activity.

Such endorsements will make people think that junk food and aerated beverages do not affect health. Research has already confirmed their il...

In an agenda note, the UNICEF said this ambitious 'Agenda for Every Child' must drive the post-2015 sustainable development goals.

"Adolescents and young adults are engaging with brands like Dominos, Slurpee and Skittles on Facebook on a near-daily basis," Freeman said.

Your fat loss is revenue gain for pharma companies. As obesity is fast becoming major concern in developing countries, sales of lifestyle r...