This Global status report on physical activity is WHO’s first dedicated global assessment of global progress on country implementation of policy recommendations of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity
The number of diabetic patients will increase three times by 2025, according to the Diabetes Endocrine Nutrition Management and Research Centre (DENMARC), which is a group of doctors working on the reduction of the disease for the last two decades. DENMARC director H.B Chandalia, while announcing 'Defeat Diabetes' here today, said the number of diabetic patients was on the increase due to change in lifestyle and diet in the country. DENMARC has organised a three-day event, 'Defeat Diabetes 2008', at the Nehru centre starting from May 23 to 25, which will be inaugurated by Nita Ambani.
Every morning when Sohail Maqbool Malik turns on the overhead shower, he can't help marvelling at the travails that the first tiny drops coming from his shower must have gone through to make it to his home. "I see that every drop that hits my face has a connection with the glaciers in the Himalayas which travels from the mountain, along the plains and into the Indus, fights sea-intrusion and survives
China is expected to be the worst sufferer with an income loss of $558 billion, while Russia and the UK will face a loss of $33 billion each. India is expected to suffer an income loss to the tune of $237 billion between now and 2015 due to the rising tide of chronic diseases
Size of carbon footprint depends on where you live
A study examined samples from 33 keyboards and found a variety of bugs including E coli and S aureus, which were capable of making people ill and causing variety of skin Working from your innocent-looking computer keyboard could be as bad for your health as eating lunch sitting on the loo. A fascinating research has suggested that keyboards may harbour more bacteria than the aver age loo seat. The study examined samples from 33 keyboards and found a variety of bugs including E coli and S aureus, which were capable of making people ill and causing variety of skin infections.
Of 98,908 deaths reg istered in 2006 in the national capital, nearly 10 per cent were due to heart ailments or heart attacks, a strong reason to believe that Delhiites need to change their lifestyle. According to the Economic Survey of Delhi, 2007-08, around 8,836 people died due to heart diseases, mainly been due to unhealthy lifestyles besides habits of eating food with high calories. Diabetes Mellitus, often dubbed as another lifestyle disease, claimed 5,296 lives.
Several countries have used fi nancial incentives to encourage people to adopt healthier lifestyles with encouraging results. Now this approach has been suggested in a number of UK policy documents. But what is the evidence that it works? : a report.
Britain's efforts to become more environmentally friendly are being thwarted by social forces that are causing more people to live alone, the Office for National Statistics warned yesterday.
In India, thirty-five million people have diabetes—a number expected to more than double by 2025, disproportionately affecting working-age people. The economic impact of this increase could be devastating
ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Bats use a magnetic substance in their body called magnetite as an ‘internal compass’ to help them navigate. The researchers monitored movements in bats by using radio
