Commuting in Indian urban centers is riddled with obstacles, where inadequate sidewalks and hazardous road conditions push people towards c...

Many Indians consume too many grains and not enough proteins, vegetables and fruits. This imbalance affects health, contributing to malnutr...

Hip replacement surgeries among Indians in their 30s and 40s have reportedly risen by nearly 40 per cent in the post-Covid period. Doctors ...

A Bengaluru-based IIT Kharagpur alumnus, Jagannath Das, has raised concerns about how everyday food habits at home are affecting children’s...

The expiry of a key patent for semaglutide in India opens doors for affordable weight-loss and diabetes drugs. Indian pharmaceutical compan...

In India's vibrant urban landscape, obesity and diabetes are becoming formidable adversaries. A new analysis highlights that while countles...

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 ...

China, India, and the US will face significant health and economic challenges by 2050, with over 3.8 billion adults projected to be overwei...

China's new guidelines to standardise obesity diagnosis and treatment aim to tackle the escalating health crisis, with over half of adults ...

India's Economic Survey 2023-24 warned that increasing obesity rates could hinder the country's economic potential. Experts urged the gover...

Citing a report from the Indian Council for Medical Research, the Economic Survey observed that the rise in consumption of highly processed...

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

Around six percent of children aged 0-5 in India were identified as obese or overweight, according to official data collected from anganwad...

20.7 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.

Obesity at a young age can cause high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and osteoporosis in adulthood.

Obesity is increasingly being recognized as one of the biggest public health challenges and a study says that Indian women are more prone t...

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