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 …
In a drastically new approach to identifying Below the Poverty Line (BPL) families, the Manmohan Singh government may resort to a three-pronged approach to identify poor households that could, for the first time, see caste and religion as determinants. There will be a list of those automatically excluded and included. …
Urbanisation in India is both a necessary input and an inevitable consequence of growth. However, we must accept that the existing urbanisation models are unsustainable at the Indian scale and there is no available alternative trajectory. The international climate change negotiations can be seen as an opportunity to create an …
A country of young people lives in denial about scarcity, violence and global warming It was the best of times, Dickens says in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities,
The world's almost 400 million Indigenous people have low standards of health. This poor health is associated with poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding, poor hygiene, environmental contamination, and prevalent infections. Inadequate clinical care and health promotion, and poor disease prevention services aggravate this situation. Some Indigenous groups, as they move from traditional …
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common form of heart disease which gets precipitated by increasing stress, dietary habits and urban sedentary lifestyle. Pulmonary functions are found to be influenced in congestive heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction and after cardiac surgery. Pranayama breathing exercises & yogic postures play an …
No smoking, less oil, less salt and more excercise frisking came as a surprise to the employees of a company in Nagpur. It was not a security check. Cigarettes, gutka and tobacco packets of the employees were confiscated. It was not a blanket ban but the restrictions were as good …
Amit Kumar (name changed), 39 years old, executive chef at a five-star hotel in the capital, was in for a shock when he met his doctor at Max Hospital at Saket, last January, complaining of persistent cough and fever. The diagnosis was unequivocal: tuberculosis (TB).
London: Greed, not laziness, is to be blamed for the soaring obesity rates throughout the developed world, says a WHO study. Researchers at World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for obesity prevention in Australia have found over the past 30 years average calorific intake in people has increased by 500 calories …
The central component of this research initiative is the creation of a composite index of environmentally sustainable consumption called the Greendex. The Greendex will be used over time to monitor and report changes in consumer behavior by replicating the research annually. This is the second year National Geographic has partnered …
Unveils new range of over-the-counter products Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories on Tuesday announced its foray into lifestyle wellness space by unveiling the
Alok Jha High rates of obesity in richer countries cause up to one billion extra tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year, compared with countries with leaner populations, according to a study that assesses the additional food and fuel requirements of the overweight. The finding is particularly worrying, scientists say, …
PRAKHAR TRIPATHI Cardiologists say that less oily food is the key to stop putting on extra weight. A daily exercise regimen will also help fight fat and ensure healthy living. India ranks among the top 10 countries in the world in obesity rates. According to a recent study two out …
Observations of Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal, at the Ladies' Study Group Charitable Trust Annual Award Ceremony, The Taj Bengal, Kolkata, April 7 2009.
