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 …
Uttarakhand has fared poorly in utilizing funds under the Rajya Vyadhi Nidhi (RVN) scheme, under which the state government pays up to Rs 2 lakh for treatment of BPL patients. According to sources, barely 57 patients were treated under the scheme in 2015-16. Since its implementation in 2005, only 892 …
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 women are falling prey to the emperor of all maladies, top health care providers stress . …
Mumbai: With demanding work schedules and volatile environmental changes, it's hardly shocking that lifestyle ailments continue to be Mumbai's most lethal killer. For the 15th year in a row, coronary heart diseases have topped this list, with almost four lakh people succumbing to heart-related dysfunctions over the years, according to …
Dehradun: The number of diabetes patients in Uttarakhand has more than doubled in the past five years, with the state witnessing a rise in both type I and type II diabetics, according to the latest data released by the health department. In 2011, Uttarakhand had recorded 19,308 diabetes patients while …
Pathways leading to socioeconomic inequalities in young children's body mass index (BMI) are not well understood. This study examined whether parenting related to the physical and social context of children's food consumption helped to explain associations between maternal educational level and child BMI trajectory. Original Source
China and India have the highest total numbers of people with diabetes 110 million and 69 million, respectively whereas the highest prevalences were found in the Pacific Islands of Tokelu and Nauru, where respectively 30% and 24% of all adults are estimated to be living with diabetes.
Nagpur: Habits adopted in childhood stick with a person all one's life, they say. Adopting habits that encourage children to make healthy lifestyle choices can also be inculcated early on in life. Doctors believe schools and the general community can contribute towards this. Lifestyle modifications are found to have been …
Diabetes has been growing at an alarming rate in India. Unfortunately, children are also at increasing risk of developing both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Worldwide, most common type of diabetes in children is Type 1 diabetes (previously termed insulin dependent diabetes mellitus). "Overall, approximately 80,000 children under 15 …
Junk food and sugar-sweetened beverages will soon be taxed higher and subjected to tougher advertising norms. The government plans these measures to control the growing incidence of diabetes in the country. The health ministry and the central food safety regulator are working on a proposal to cut consumption of unhealthy …
China, India and USA are among the top three countries with a high number of diabetic population shows this new study published in Lancet. It finds that there is a fourfold rise in the number of diabetics – from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. One of …
Viskahapatnam: This lifestyle disease has erased the rich-poor, rural urban divide and has affected around 350 million people worldwide. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), this number is likely to double within 20 years. In India, nearly 10 per cent of the general population is a victim of this disease …
Prior studies suggest that exposure to the natural environment may impact health. The present study examines the association between objective measures of block-level greenness (vegetative presence) and chronic medical conditions, including cardiometabolic conditions, in a large population-based sample of Medicare beneficiaries in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Original Source
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, eats more and drives more, liver diseases will continue to become bigger killers over the next 20 years. With Keralites …
Another initiative includes a campaign called ‘Tell the Driver’ in partnership with traffic policemen in the city since they are the enforcement body, Abdulali added. A nationwide campaign against noise pollution has been initiated by the Indian Medical Association along with the launch of an initiative, ‘Horn Flu’, with Awaaz …
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has become common in the Western world, but its causes remain unclear. With the dramatic increase of cases in Asia in recent years—echoing the disease’s drastic rise in the West decades earlier—investigators have another shot at studying environmental contributors to IBD as it emerges in new …
Prevalence of walking and cycling for transport is low and varies greatly across countries. Few studies have examined neighborhood perceptions related to walking and cycling for transport in different countries. Therefore, it is challenging to prioritize appropriate built-environment interventions. The aim of this study was to examine the strength and …
European countries should prepare for a far-reaching debate on the “profound lifestyle changes” required to limit climate change, according to a leaked European commission document. The commission will tell foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday that a Europe-wide debate is needed on how to limit global warming to 1.5C, …
On the eve of World Cancer Day, health experts blamed increasing urbanisation, lifestyle changes, high levels of industrial and environmental pollution and inadvertent entry of chemicals in the human food chain for an alarming rise in incidence of cancer in the country. The experts claimed that urbanisation contains several accompanying …
Childhood obesity is reaching alarming proportions with India reporting around 22% prevalence rate over the last 5 years in children and adolescents aged between 5-19 years. A new report by a commission formed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified “marketing of unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages“ as a …
Childhood obesity has reached alarming rates globally and become an "exploding nightmare" in the developing world, including Africa where the number of obese and overweight children under five has nearly doubled since 1990, a WHO commission said on Monday. The authors of the report from the commission on ending childhood …
