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 (GAPPA) 2018-2030. It also presents an estimate of the cost to health systems of not taking action to improve physical …
The statistics are grimly familiar. According to the latest National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, every other child in the USA now has a body-mass index (BMI) at or above the 85th centile on age-specific national growth charts for ideal weight gain. And a nationwide survey by the Kaiser Family …
In this article the authors apply geodemographic consumer segmentation data in an input?output framework to understand the direct and indirect carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with consumer behavior of different lifestyles in the United Kingdom.
The objective of the study was to study the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention model of nutrition and lifestyle education on behavior modification, anthropometry and metabolic risk profile of urban Asian-Indian adolescents in North India.
The health ministry is planning to screen all people aged 30-40 in rural areas for lifestyle diseases like diabetes, Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Friday. Noting that there has been an increase in cases of noncommunicable diseases like cancer, cardio-vascular diseases and diabetes, Mr Azad at the …
Kerala State is a harbinger of what will happen in future to the rest of India in chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD). We assessed: (i) the burden of NCD risk factors; (ii) estimated the relations of behavioural risk factors to socio-demographic correlates, anthropometric risk factors with behavioural risk factors; (iii) evaluated …
Carboxytherapy Just Takes A Few Minutes London: Carbon dioxide, the natural gas which is blamed for global warming, may now help one shed those extra flab. Scientists at the University of Siena in Italy have claimed to have developed an injection of CO
The main emphasis of ancient Indian concepts is on the inherent balance of nature. The five primary elements namely earth, water, fire, air and space together with flora and fauna form a network of interrelations which ultimately culminates in giving rise to a grand harmony among everything. The Mahabharata says …
Population Not Culprit; Emission Up Due To Lifestyle & Consumption: Ramesh Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI THE Centre on Thursday confirmed that there was no possibility of reaching a climate change treaty at the Copenhagen summit.
Have you ever noticed a friend or neighbour driving a new hybrid car and felt pressure to trade in your gas guzzler? Or worried about what people might think when you drive up to the office in an SUV? If so, then you have experienced the power of reputation for …
Most climate change policy attention has been addressed to long-term options, such as inducing new, low-carbon energy technologies and creating cap-and-trade regimes for emissions. We use a behavioral approach to examine the reasonably achievable potential for near-term reductions by altered adoption and use of available technologies in US homes and …
The tummy, they say, is a mirror of emotions. A stick of a girl in the outpatients department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has a stomach issue. In that crowded OPD, where everybody befriends everybody to while away the waiting hours, she sits like a zombie, …
This paper describes the design, construction and management of the Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED), a high density residential development that accommodates a mix of income groups and combines homes and workspaces. It dramatically reduces carbon dioxide emissions per person from the homes and encourages and supports other aspects of …
FAT in the liver is the new marker for obesity-related complications such as diabetes, heart diseases and strokes. People trying to reduce belly fat to avoid these diseases will have to rethink their lifestyle. The finding is good news for metabolic scientists who have hypothesized for long that liver fat …
Ramya Kannan CHENNAI: Here is some sobering news for the country: Diabetes is no longer a disease of the affluent urban residents. Clearly it is creeping up on rural and low-income groups as well. A couple of recently-concluded studies have contributed to this sobering view of the epidemic. A study …
