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 …
Previous studies indicate that the design of streets and sidewalks can influence physical activity among residents. Park features also influence park use and park-based physical activity. Although individuals can walk on streets and sidewalks, walking loops in parks offer a setting to walk in nature and to avoid interruptions from …
In 2011, WHO member states signed up to the 25 × 25 initiative, a plan to cut mortality due to non-communicable diseases by 25% by 2025. However, socioeconomic factors influencing non-communicable diseases have not been included in the plan. In this study, we aimed to compare the contribution of socioeconomic …
Worldwide rise of obesity may be partly related to the relaxation of natural selection in the last few generations. Accumulation of mutations affecting metabolism towards excessive fat deposition is suggested to be a result of less purging selection. Using the WHO and UN data for 159 countries there is a …
Pune: The city's medical fraternity has supported the government's proposal to impose higher tax on junk food and sugar-sweetened beverages. India has seen a tremendous rise in youngsters suffering from lifestyle disorder, like obesity, which leads to complications such as poor heart functioning, hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, high cholesterol as well …
MUMBAI: The government's consideration of a tax on junk foods is expected to boost the current consumption trends towards organic foods and health & wellness products, according to Arvind Mediratta, CEO & Managing Director of Metro Cash and Carry, India. In a statement, Mediratta, said: "The health and wellness foods …
Hundred units of fossil fuel is used to produce one unit of food - consumption of which leads to lifestyle diseases like cancer and diabetes. In contrast, one unit of solar energy can produce 100 units of food which is natural. This is what Vandana Shiva, renowned environmental activist and …
Despite majority of the districts in the state being declared a tobacco-free zone, there has been an upsurge in cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the region. The disease is caused due to tobacco inhalation and air pollution. In Jalandhar alone, a large number of COPD cases have …
World Diabetes Day was observed by the Kochi branch of the Indian Medical Association, Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association and State chapter of the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI) at the General Hospital here on Monday with an awareness programme. Deputy Police Commissioner Arul R.B. …
In the last one decade, the number of diabetes patients in India increased by over 30 million due to sedentary lifestyle and erratic schedule mostly common in the age group of 20-40 years, said the country's leading diabetic experts on Monday. Their statistics stated that in the early 2000, there …
Vijayawada: In a disturbing trend, the number of Type - 2 diabetes cases among children and youth in the 18-35 age group is gradually increasing in the state, according to health experts. The prevalence rate of Type-2 diabetes is around 15 per cent in Vijayawada, Guntur, Ongole, Tirupati, Rajahmundry, Kakinada …
India will push the agenda of sustainable lifestyle at the upcoming global climate conference at Marrakech in Morocco, apart from focussing on the issue of mobilising finances, which has been its "overriding" concern, to tackle climate change. At the Marrakech Climate Change Conference scheduled to be held from November 7 …
AHMEDABAD: As 'World Obesity Day' this year, Wednesday, is dedicated to fighting child obesity, the trend here seems to be alarming. Every day, at least one case of childhood obesity is registered in the city, doctors say. Endocrinologists across the city said that every day one new case of child …
Solution lies in concerted effortsby government and society, says expert Obesity is a major contributor to lifestyle diseases and increasing rate of childhood obesity has become a cause of concern in India, says Narendra Kumar Arora, Executive Director, INCLEN Trust International, an international network of health professionals. Mr. Arora was …
Progressive burden of diabetes mellitus is a major concern in India. Data on the predictors of poor glycemic control among diabetics are scanty. A population-based cross-sectional study nested in an urban cohort was thus conducted in West Bengal, India to determine the burden and correlates of total and uncontrolled abnormalities …
INDORE: Changing lifestyles, increased stress and decreased physical activity have led to a significant rise in obesity among people living in urban areas in the state in the last decade. As world observes Obesity Day on October 11, doctors have raised concerns over the growing trend of obesity and the …
A pan-India study conducted by Pune doctors, members of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) and the advances of research in obesity (ARIO) has revealed that more than 50 per cent of children between 13 and 17 years of age were prone to develop diabetes and obesity …
This study evaluated the feasibility of a home-based intervention to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake and television viewing among children. Lower income parents of overweight children aged 5–12 years (n = 40) were randomized to a home environment intervention to reduce television viewing with locking devices and displace availability of sugar-sweetened …
The publication gives a brief outline of the integrated approach and the inter-linkages of the different religions; of religion, culture and the environment; and of the environment and socioeconomic dimensions of sustainable development. It uses the five specific areas critical to success - people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership - …
More than 115 patients and their relatives attended a programme organised by Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana, to celebrate World Heart Day today. The programme was held under the supervision of Vivan Singh Gill, Director, Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana. Separate rounds of interaction were held and a lot of queries regarding heart care …
Come 2030 and fuels we use today would have made air so toxic with pollutants that it would be close to impossible to live and move without oxygen kit as a permanent burden and part of lifestyle. NEW DELHI: The future of air we breathe is nightmarish. Present stats from …
