The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
A 16-month old child weighing 16 kg was brought to endocrinologist Dr Vivek Arya . Parents were worried that the child might be suffering from some genetic disorder but the kid was diagnosed as a victim of over-nutrition. "As the child's mother did not have enough breast milk, the family …
Kochi: Thyroid cases in men and women are on the rise and the cause is not iodine deficiency but apparently environmental pesticides -- if a study on the subject is any indication to go by. Thyroid diabetes combined with diabetes and obesity are common problems in Kerala and majority of …
Hyderabad: Promoting food items with discount offers, coupons, and hoardings is luring children and adolescents into eating high-energy foods. However the energy not being burnt, said experts at the National Seminar on Obesity, Contemporary issues and Challenges on Tuesday. Experts felt that the food industry was vociferously marketing its products …
जयपुर। विटामिन-डी की कमी के चलते न केवल मोटापा बल्कि स्वास्थ्य संबंधी अन्य समस्याओं का खतरा बढ़ता जा रहा है। जयपुर समेत अजमेर, कोटा, उदयपुर, जोधपुर, बीकानेर शहर के 6 से 16 साल तक की उम्र के 15 प्रतिशत ब\'चे मोटापे के शिकार हैं, जिसमें से 10 फीसदी बच्चों में …
For countries with rich culinary traditions that date back to the Aztecs and Incas, Mexico and Peru have developed quite a taste for modern food fashions. Mexicans quaff more fizzy drinks than any other country; Peru has the highest density of fast-food joints in the world. Chile, one of the …
London: Skipping breakfast, common the world over, has for the first time been associated with an increase in heart attacks. Missing out on the morning meal has been found to increase coronary heart disease risk, reveals a 16-yearlong study published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. Men who skip …
Iron deficiency is not found only in the malnourished. Children having adequate dietary intake may also suffer from this serious health problem, according to a study conducted on children living in Delhi by AIIMS. The study titled ‘prevalence of anaemia amongst overweight (ow) and obese (ob) children in NCT of …
Preliminary findings of the first ever nationwide study undertaken on childhood obesity in urban areas of Bangladesh by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) reveal that 10 per cent of children aged 5 to 18 years of age are overweight, while 4.0 per cent are obese, said a …
Ten out of every 100 children, aged 5-18 living in Bangladesh’s urban areas, are overweight while 4 per cent obese, says a new study. It indicates that there is a double burden of both under-nutrition (30pc) and over-nutrition (14pc) for the country. A sharp decrease in the prevalence of underweight …
Danish Ambassador Ole E Mosby said almost 9.6 million children in Pakistan are either overweight or obese increasing their chances of developing diabetes. He said early childhood behaviours become habits, which are difficult to change later and it is imperative to raise awareness of the risk of diabetes and related …
Study Shows Excess Body Weight Is Linked To A Child’s Socio-Economic Status In a state in famous for malnutrition, one out of five teens going to private schools is either overweight or obese. This has been revealed in a study onducted by National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (N-DOC). The …
The health ministry has suspended the sale of two drugs — painkiller Analgin and anti-diabetes drug Pioglitazone and all its combinations. While the ban on Analgin in India has come after almost 36 years after the drug was banned in the US (which banned it in 1977), Pioglitazone was pulled …
The world produces 4 billion tonnes of food every year, enough to feed its 7 billion people. Yet, every seventh person on earth sleeps hungry. Is it only because we waste 30-50 percent of our food? Or do 2.6 million children die of malnutrition every year because another 40 million …
Maternal undernutrition contributes to 800 000 neonatal deaths annually through small for gestational age births; stunting, wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies are estimated to underlie nearly 3·1 million child deaths annually. Progress has been made with many interventions implemented at scale and the evidence for effectiveness of nutrition interventions and delivery …
New Delhi: Are mothers to be blamed for high prevalence of obesity among their offspring? This inference has acquired a degree of credibility thanks to a recent research conducted across four Indian cities — Delhi, Agra, Pune and Bangalore. The survey showed 64.8% of school-goers’ mothers overweight or obese as …
Non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental disorders, and injuries have become the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Pakistan. Tobacco use and hypertension are the leading attributable risk factors for deaths due to cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and respiratory diseases. Pakistan has the sixth highest …
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children is increasing in India. However, knowledge of, attitude towards and practice of health and nutrition in mothers and children have not been researched. Objective: To assess knowledge of, attitude towards and practice of nutrition, physical activity and other lifestyle practices in a …
On July 10, 1976, a chemical explosion in Seveso, Italy, resulted in the highest known residential exposure to TCDD. Using data from the Seveso Women’s Health Study (SWHS), a cohort study of the health of the women, the researchers examined the relation of serum TCDD to diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and …
STANFORD: Coca-Cola will expand calorie labeling to the front of all packages and reiterated its pledge not to advertise to children under 12 anywhere as the world’s largest soft-drink maker fights criticism that it is contributing to obesity. The plan, which includes expanding physical activity programs, will apply to the …
Expressing concern over the growing problem of vitamin-D deficiency across the globe, the second international conference on “Vitamin-D deficiency and its health consequences”, held recently in Abu Dhabi, has stressed on creating awareness and education among the masses, especially women, to control this global pandemic. The prime objective of the …
