Report by the Central Pollution Control Board in the matter of In re: News item appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023 titled “Delhi, Chennai studies hint at pollution link to diabetes” dated 14/12/2023. CPCB has duly identified 131 cities exceeding National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) consecutively for five …
The obesity epidemic in the U.S. has led to extensive research into potential contributing dietary factors, especially fat and fructose. Recently, increased consumption of soybean oil, which is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), has been proposed to play a causal role in the epidemic. Here, we designed a series …
MUMBAI: Tuberculosis, hypertension and diabetes have emerged among the top killers of 2014-15, showing how maximum city is at the receiving end of both infectious and lifestyle diseases. Additionally, the 'State of Health of Mumbai' report released by NGO Praja Foundation on Tuesday, showed that a significant number of people …
12-year-old study shows middle-class in developing countries more susceptible. Poor diet followed by ancestors is among the reasons why people in India and other developing countries are more susceptible to obesity, type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Anandwardhan A. Hardikar, associate professor at the University of Sydney, along with researchers from …
The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is growing in sub-Saharan Africa combined with an already high prevalence of infectious disease, like HIV. Engaging the formal employment sector may present a viable strategy for addressing both HIV and NCDs in people of working age. This study assesses the presence of three …
AHMEDABAD: In the first such survey of lifestyle diseases in major AMC-run general hospitals and public health centers in Ahmedabad, the civic body has come across hypertension and diabetes cases referred in their thousands in June alone. In fact, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) found there were more women with …
Researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts are examining the dangers of sugary drinks, which have resulted in 184,000 deaths each year worldwide. Furthermore, sugar-sweetened drinks were also linked to about 25,000 American deaths alone, according to recent findings published in the journal Circulation. Many countries in the world have a …
The researchers assessed high cholesterol (HC) awareness, treatment, and control rates among US Hispanic/Latino adults and describe factors associated with HC awareness and management.
To achieve WHO's target to halt the rise in obesity and diabetes, dramatic actions are needed to improve the healthiness of food environments. Substantial debate surrounds who is responsible for delivering effective actions and what, specifically, these actions should entail. Arguments are often reduced to a debate between individual and …
Law Essential, Awareness Key The directive of US Food and Drug Administration to food manufacturers for removing artificial trans fat from products has led experts in India to demand similar action.They claim that Indian snacks--both packaged products and the ones being sold by roadside hawkers--contain excessive amounts of the fat …
Among 10 Most Common Diseases Now Diabetes has emerged as a major disease burden for India over the past two decades. While diabetes rate has increased by around 45% globally , it has jumped 123% in India between 1990 and 2013, a latest study has showed. Data shows diabetes is …
Beijing's health commission and sports administration jointly kicked off a weight reduction campaign on Wednesday, calling on citizens to get rid of excess fat, as the Chinese capital's obesity rate set a new high last year. Out of every 100 adults in Beijing, at least 21 are deemed obese and …
People across India are living longer but spending more time in ill health due to conditions like depressive disorder, iron-deficiency anaemia and low back pain, a major global study has revealed. According to a new analysis of 301 acute and chronic diseases, and injuries in 188 countries in 2013, migraines, …
Research and advocacy body Centre for Science and Environment today said consumers are unaware of ingredients and nutrition information of a product due to lack of appropriate "nutrition fact labelling" in the country, against the backdrop of row over Maggi noodles. CSE said that as a consumer's right, what is …
A leaked mail from the In ternational Food and Beverages Alliance (IFBA) has revealed the hectic lobbying by this alliance of the world's largest food and beverage companies to influence the framing of rules on the World Health Organization's (WHO) engagement with the private sector. Ever since the WHO started …
Three new type-2 diabetes medicines, two of which were recently launched in India, have come under the scanner of the US drug regulator for potential risk of causing acidosis that could require hospitalization. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned medical professionals and patients that type-2 diabetes medicines …
Like a growing number of rapidly developing countries, India has begun to develop a system for large-scale community-based screening for diabetes. The researchers sought to identify the implications of using alternative screening instruments to detect people with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes among diverse populations across India.
India has met only four of ten health targets under the Millenium Development Goals (MDG), and has made next to no progress on another four, according to new data from the World Health Organisation. The deadline for achieving MDGs runs out this year.The WHO’s annual World Health Statistics for 2015 …
‘There has been no mutation of the virus and hence the vaccine is effective’ An expert group has strongly recommended vaccination against swine flu (H1N1 virus). Experts have identified three high-risk groups and stressed that the vaccine against H1N1 virus has played a role in reducing mortality among these vulnerable …
In 2012, an Indian parliamentary committee reported that manufacturing licenses for large numbers of fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs had been issued by state authorities without prior approval of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) in violation of rules, and considered that some ambiguity until 1 May 2002 about …
