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The hidden cost of looking better: What health insurance covers, and what it leaves you to payRising demand for weight-loss drugs, cosmetic procedures and wellness treatments is creating a growing out-of-pocket healthcare expense cat...- India risks becoming "unhealthier before it becomes richer," CEA V Anantha Nageswaran warnsIndia faces a health challenge before achieving wealth. Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran points to rising obesity and sedentary ...
- India's weight-loss drug boom raises questions over healthcare prioritiesIndia's market for cheaper anti-obesity drugs has surged tenfold. While demand is high, especially among those with diabetes, concerns abou...
- Time to walk and cycle the talk: Unsafe roads and broken footpaths are worsening India’s obesity crisisCommuting in Indian urban centers is riddled with obstacles, where inadequate sidewalks and hazardous road conditions push people towards c...
- Dietary balance remains missing as India continues to gorge on cerealsMany Indians consume too many grains and not enough proteins, vegetables and fruits. This imbalance affects health, contributing to malnutr...
- Covid is now hitting young Indians in a shocking new way, doctors say people in their 30s are suddenly needing hip replacementsHip replacement surgeries among Indians in their 30s and 40s have reportedly risen by nearly 40 per cent in the post-Covid period. Doctors ...
- 8 minutes saved today, health destroyed for 50 years: IITian shares shocking truth about modern parenting that harms kidsA Bengaluru-based IIT Kharagpur alumnus, Jagannath Das, has raised concerns about how everyday food habits at home are affecting children’s...
- Semaglutide patent expiry: India’s next big public health inflection pointThe expiry of a key patent for semaglutide in India opens doors for affordable weight-loss and diabetes drugs. Indian pharmaceutical compan...
- Urban India faces metabolic health crisis as 73 million are overweight or obeseIn India's vibrant urban landscape, obesity and diabetes are becoming formidable adversaries. A new analysis highlights that while countles...
- America’s weight problem: Which US cities are the most affected by obesity and growing in all the wrong ways?A survey reveals that Makalen in Texas is the most obese city in America. Around 45 percent of residents are obese. Another 31 percent are ...
- Lose weight now! India's economy paying the price for your beer bellyChina, India, and the US will face significant health and economic challenges by 2050, with over 3.8 billion adults projected to be overwei...
- From psychology to surgery, how China plans to cut down belly fatChina's new guidelines to standardise obesity diagnosis and treatment aim to tackle the escalating health crisis, with over half of adults ...
- Indian govt needs to trim citizens' waist size for the sake of economyIndia's Economic Survey 2023-24 warned that increasing obesity rates could hinder the country's economic potential. Experts urged the gover...
- Rising obesity a concern, preventive measures must be taken for healthier lifestyle: Economic Survey 2024Citing a report from the Indian Council for Medical Research, the Economic Survey observed that the rise in consumption of highly processed...
- Our not so obvious disease, obesityFor India, there is the 'double burden' of malnutrition and obesity. Also, there is the high burden of non-communicable diseases like heart...
- 43 lakh children in anganwadi centres identified as obese or overweight: Official dataAround six percent of children aged 0-5 in India were identified as obese or overweight, according to official data collected from anganwad...
- Proportion of overweight men in India doubled in 10 yrs: study20.7 per cent women in the country were found to be overweight or obese during NFHS-4 in comparison to 12.6 per cent during the NFHS-3.
- 22% of Indian kids are obese, face health risks: WHOObesity at a young age can cause high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and osteoporosis in adulthood.
- Indian women 2.7 times more prone to obesity than menObesity is increasingly being recognized as one of the biggest public health challenges and a study says that Indian women are more prone t...
- Pharmas gain from your weightYour fat loss is revenue gain for pharma companies. As obesity is fast becoming major concern in developing countries, sales of lifestyle r...
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