Understanding India's high cancer incidence
There are many avoidable lifestyle factors that are responsible for the increased cancer incidence, the government and society need to take proactive steps to help the situation. It is difficult to
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Obesity leading cause for chronic lifestyle diseases
Warning people of the risks related to obesity on “World Anti-Obesity Day”, health experts have stressed that obesity can be one of the most important reasons for developing chronic lifestyle diseases
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Effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) to prevent obesity in UK primary-school children: a cluster randomised controlled trial
<p>Although childhood overweight and obesity prevalence has increased substantially worldwide in the past three decades, scarce evidence exists for effective preventive strategies. The researchers aimed
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Alarming prevalence of obesity in Kashmir can turn children diabetic: Study
Doctors said in addition to the healthcare system, various government bodies, schools and parents too had a responsibility. Kashmir faces a serious threat of “diabetes epidemic” owing to alarming prevalence
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Cancer on the rise among women in India: Experts
At a time when cancer is fast spreading its tentacles globally owing to genetic , environment and lifestyle factors, India is also witnessing a steep rise in cancer cases and significantly, more and more
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Obesity and Liver Disease- A Pan Kerala Scenario
KOCHI: The changing environment and lifestyle have had a tremendous impact on today's world. The World Health Organisation (2010) reports that as the world's population ages, gets richer, smokes more,
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Alarming rise in child obesity cases
PATNA: Blame it on urban lifestyle, intake of junk food and lack of physical activities, obesity in children is increasing with each passing day. Quoting a report of the World Health Organisation (WHO),
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Junk food & tobacco banned on engineering campuses
HYDERABAD: College students will no more be able to tuck into their favourite snacks like samosa, kachori, pizza, noodles on campus as the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has instructed
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13.8% schoolchildren at risk of lifestyle diseases
Study on 1.04 lakh children in the city The world over, surveys have pointed to a prevalence of obesity among children, and Bengaluru is no exception. A school-based screening of 1.04 lakh children
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Obesity, and not smoking, could be the biggest cause of cancer in women
In India, according to a 2012 report in The Lancet as quoted by Medical News Today, breast cancer is one of the most common problems among women here. A new report in Cancer Research UK suggests obesity
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Overfed, obese children are malnourished too
Visakhapatnam: Underfed children are not the only ones who are malnourished. Contrary to perception, children living in urban areas, with more access to junk food combined with reduced outdoor activities,
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SBCC Approach towards Prevention of Stunting and Micronutrient Deficiencies in Ghana: “The Good Food for Good Health and Growth Project”
<p>The objective of this case study is to share Ghana's experience related to the national social behavioural change communication (SBCC) campaign that was launched to promote the consumption of locally
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Shocking! 80 percent hemophilia cases undiagnosed in India, say health experts
About one third of new cases are caused by a new mutation of the gene in the mother or the child. In these cases, there is no previous history of hemophilia in the family. Despite improvement in the
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69% of Delhiites with belly fat at heart-ailment risk
A study conducted on a survey done on 837 people across four major cities reveals that belly fat owing to lifestyle changes leads to heart risk. At least 69 per cent of Delhiites with belly fat are at
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Diet products are just junk food in disguise, can make you fat
As per a new research, high-fat foods are often the primary target when fighting obesity, but sugar-laden "diet" foods could be contributing to unwanted weight gain as well. Are you dieting and not
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11 per cent Indians suffer from Thyroid disorder
The largest age group represented in the study was 19 to 45 years. Hyderabad: According to Thyroid Registry, the prevalence of hypothyroid in India is 10.95 per cent while the world average is between
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TB part of urban culture
Lifestyle diseases
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70% teens at risk of lifestyle diseases
A seven month-long survey conducted by a gynecologist in various schools and colleges of Navi Mumbai to find out the risk factors associated with changing lifestyles showed that the main causes for lifestyle
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Air pollution can make bones brittle
Higher the particulate matter, lower the bone density. Hyderabad: Polluted air could harm not just the lungs but also bones, according to a recent study in The Lancet Planetary Health’. The increase
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No essential health services for half the world population: Report
In India an estimated 100 crore people have no health cover. Data from the National Health Profile, released in April, show that only 27 per cent Indians have health cover A report released by the World