India is grappling with the world's third-highest obesity rate, which has tripled in the past decade. The Government of India has launched ...

Shantanu Deshpande, Founder and CEO of Bombay Shaving Company, expressed concerns about India's fast food delivery industry's rapid growth....

Added sugar in baby food products sold in India and Thailand, but not in Germany and UK? A recent report by a Swiss investigative organisat...

Those who survived Covid-19 remain at a 40 per cent elevated risk for diabetes in the first year. A subsequent post-pandemic wave of new di...

More than 14.1 million type 2 diabetes cases in 2018 were attributed to poor diet, representing over 70% of new diagnoses worldwide, accord...

The impact of lifestyle on type 2 diabetes is significant, with diet playing a significant role. Nuts are high in nutrients and have a vari...

The 193-member General Assembly decided by consensus to proclaim December 27 as the 'International Day of Epidemic Preparedness' - a day to...

The study, published in the Lancet journal, noted that life expectancy in India has risen from 59.6 years in 1990 to 70.8 years in 2019, ra...

A public health expert in communicable disease, Raman Gangakhedkar was instrumental in the prevention and control measures of the HIV epide...

Almond consumption as part of a healthy diet may help improve glycemic and cardiovascular measures and lead to better health.

Sugar is increasingly being seen as dangerous, but Indian producers are putting up a brave front and saying the sweetener is being needless...

It is a national initiative to educate people on the vital role proteins play in enhancing day-to-day health, fitness and general wellbeing.

Many public health activists have sought a steep hike in tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. They claim taxing the beverages—as has been done...

Life expectancy has gone up by 5 years, from 62.3 years for males and 63.9 years for females in 2001-2005 to 67.3 years and 69.6 years resp...

Research on matters on epidemics, natural calamities & development of tools to prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases has been given more...

Demanding an increase in the health budget, Save the Children CEO Thomas Chandy said children were dying of preventable and treatable cause...