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How to calculate your BMI to see if you are underweight, overweight, or healthy? Check the health risks of low and high BMIBody Mass Index (BMI) is a key tool for assessing weight categories and potential health risks, estimating body fat based on height and wei...- Diabetes new type emerges after type 2, type 1 as medical experts are calling it type 5, over 25 million people suffer. Symptoms, treatment, illnessDiabetes type 2, can be caused by obesity and occurs when adults become resistant to the hormone insulin. Type 1 diabetes, mostly diagnosed...
- A new type of diabetes has been found by scientists, and it doesn't show the typical symptoms of Type 1 or Type 2A new type of diabetes, Type 5, has been identified. It affects underweight individuals without a family history of diabetes. This conditio...
- Relying on BMI? Here's how it could misrepresent your health risks and what to use insteadThe Body Mass Index (BMI) has been a standard tool for assessing health, but it faces criticism for not accurately reflecting individual he...
- World Obesity Day: India among top three most obese nations, 70% population overweight, says studyA Lancet study reveals alarming obesity rates in India, with 70% of urban population overweight. India ranks third globally in obesity, fol...
- Diabetes surging among India’s young adults: Here’s how to navigate with ease and confidenceIndividuals in their early 20s and 30s are increasingly being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, signalling that we are on the cusp of a poten...
- Pregnancy weight gain impacts lifelong health: New study warns of heart disease & diabetes riskA study published in The Lancet journal suggests that pregnant women who gain more weight than recommended are at a higher risk of death fr...
- Explained: How Covid vaccines work in people with different body weightsCovid vaccines may be slightly less effective in people who are underweight.
- Overweight or underweight, new Lancet study reveals Covid-19 vaccine protects all body typesResearchers compared the risk of severe disease in vaccinated versus non-vaccinated people.
- Obesity in kids: What is the ideal BMI for children?WHO said obesity in kids one of the most serious health challenges of the 21st century.
- How is BMI interpreted for adults? What is the ideal BMI for a man? What is the ideal BMI for a woman?The BMI level for obesity is same for adult men and adult women.
- What is a BMI calculator? How do I calculate my BMI? Benefits of a BMI calculatorThe BMI calculator uses technology to determine if a person is underweight, overweight or obese.
- What is Body Mass Index? Why is BMI used to measure if a person is overweight or obese?For over 100 years, professionals have used BMI to determine a person's weight category.
- Pandemic leads to a hidden epidemic: Over half of young urban Indians may develop diabetesThe risk of developing diabetes in 20-year-old men & women is 56% and 65%, respectively.
- Losing too many kilos? Being underweight may increase risk of dementiaIndia tops the global chart in being underweight and is home to over 40% of the world’s underweight population.
- World Obesity Day: Drinking water before meals is an effective strategy to lose weightDowning a couple of glasses of water before eating a meal may help people eat less without even trying.
- Want to lose weight? Drink water before mealsDowning a couple of glasses of water before eating a meal may help people eat less without even trying.
- Obesity could protect against dementia: StudyMiddle-aged people who are underweight are a third more likely to develop dementia than people of similar age with a healthy BMI, researche...
- Obesity surgery spurs J&J India stomach-staple sales250 hospitals offer stomach-shrinking procedures making India one of the fastest-growing centers in the $1.2 billion global market for bari...
- Globalisation of nutritional problemsBeware! The sort of food you eat can bite back, probably through your medical spends.
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