obesity
Being overweight linked to eight more kinds of cancer
Health & Fitness
August 27, 2016
Being overweight linked to eight more kinds of cancer
Being overweight can raise the likelihood of being diagnosed with cancers of the stomach and digestive tract, as well as…
Drinking more water could be a factor in weight management
Health & Fitness
July 15, 2016
Drinking more water could be a factor in weight management
Drinking more water could be an easy but overlooked way of helping to manage weight for obese individuals, according to…
India’s Kerala imposes ‘fat tax’ on junk food to counter obesity
Food
July 9, 2016
India’s Kerala imposes ‘fat tax’ on junk food to counter obesity
India’s peaceful tourist hotspot Kerala has become the first state in the country to impose a “fat tax” on junk…
Researchers recommend physical activity as ‘magic bullet’ in fight against obesity and cardiovascular disease
Health & Fitness
May 20, 2016
Researchers recommend physical activity as ‘magic bullet’ in fight against obesity and cardiovascular disease
A team of US researchers have declared that physical activity is the most effective way of tackling the global epidemic…
Keep salt and sugar separate to improve diabetes treatment
Culture
March 2, 2016
Keep salt and sugar separate to improve diabetes treatment
Researchers from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, known as Inserm, have shown that gastric bypass surgery,…
Calorie cutting may help older obese people with thinking problems
Health & Fitness
January 8, 2016
Calorie cutting may help older obese people with thinking problems
Older obese people with mild cognitive impairment who lose a small amount of weight may see some improvement on tests…
Overweight young adults can reduce diabetes risk if they lose weight early enough: study
Health & Fitness
January 7, 2016
Overweight young adults can reduce diabetes risk if they lose weight early enough: study
New research has found that the risk of diabetes associated with obesity can be reversed if obese young people make…
Asthma rate stops climbing in some US kids
Health & Fitness
December 29, 2015
Asthma rate stops climbing in some US kids
Childhood asthma rates appear to have stopped rising among many US groups, but not among the poorest kids or children…
Home for the Holidays? Hold the sugar, please
Health & Fitness
December 26, 2015
Home for the Holidays? Hold the sugar, please
Bagged or boxed, brown or powdered, Americans are buying markedly less sugar this year, a trend nowhere more noticeable than…
Fitness more protective among normal-weight people
Health & Fitness
December 24, 2015
Fitness more protective among normal-weight people
Aerobic fitness is generally tied to a longer life, but the same can't be said for obese people, according to…