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Studies warn nearly 70 percent of US Adults are at risk of obesity, everything you need to know about the groundbreaking study and how to lower the riskA new study redefines obesity, potentially classifying nearly 70% of US adults as obese, a significant jump from previous estimates. This u...- Can genetics predict obesity? New study may help spot risk in kids before it is too lateA new study introduces ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores that double the effectiveness of predicting adult obesity risk compared to c...
- Researchers bring 2,500-year-old skulls from Tamil Nadu into shape, reconstruct facesResearchers have reconstructed the faces of two individuals who lived 2,500 years ago in Keeladi, Tamil Nadu, revealing South Indian featur...
- INDIAsize to be released at Bharat Tex later this month: Textiles secretaryThe INDIAsize initiative, a study aimed at establishing standardized measurements for Indian body types, will be unveiled at the Bharat Tex...
- Assam- Pilot project successfully combats child malnutrition in Kamrup districtA pilot program in Kamrup District, Assam, aimed at addressing child malnutrition by incorporating nutrient-dense small fish powder into ch...
- Size matters: How India Size can transform the fashion industry and also push up exportsManufacturers are optimistic that the initiative of the Ministry of Textiles to establish standardised body sizes more suitable for India w...
- Freedom from ill-fitting clothes: Inside India's mega search for body sizeMany Asian countries such as Japan, China and South Korea have broken free of western body size charts by devising their own. Now India is ...
- Children vulnerable to infectious diseases mainly due to climate change, says studyMaximum temperature and humidity (absolute/relative) are important climate drivers.
- Covid impact: Indians are now more obese, hypertensive and prone to diabetesIncidentally, the surge has been more pronounced among the urban dwellers. One-third of the urban men and women surveyed were found to be o...
- View: India need not worry about indicators like Global Hunger IndexThis ordinal valuation of ranking often masks the kind of changes taking place, which may be gradual and in the right direction. The simpli...
- New e-comm policy to address e-marketplaces’ non-compliance: Govt to Parliament“The new e-Commerce policy seeks to address such non-compliance,” minister of state for commerce and industry Som Parkash told Rajya Sabha,...
- Finally, women police and paramilitary personnel to get customised body gearWomen police and paramilitary personnel in India will finally have customised body protection gear — or full body protector (FBP). All thes...
- Adding walnuts to your daily diet may help boost metabolismConsuming walnuts may help reduce the potential prevalence rate of diabetes by improving metabolic syndrome risk factors.
- 'India Size' garments may hit the shelves soonIn March, the government will launch an exercise to measure a group of people to prepare a comprehensive 'India Size' chart.
- New research doubles number of genes linked to heightHow tall you are is strongly related to the genes you inherit and in the largest genetic study of height-related genes to date, scientists ...
- Scientists identify 700 genetic variants influencing heightResearchers examined data on DNA from more than 250,000 people to identify a fifth of genetic factors that cause height to vary between ind...
- Apparel industry cuts standard-size chart for IndiansThe Indian apparel industry may soon have a rationalised and standard-size chart for Indian consumers, based on the Indian body build.
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