Weight Management: 7 Yoga Asanas To Reduce Belly Fat
By incorporating these seven poses into your daily routine, you can take meaningful steps towards achieving a slimmer and healthier you.
Oct 20, 2023, 12:50 PM IST
Can Racial Discrimination Increase Risk For Obesity In Children? Here’s What Study Reveals
Black and Hispanic youth experience even higher rates of obesity, which research shows may stem from factors such as poverty, neighborhood access to healthy foods, and single-parent households.
Jul 15, 2023, 16:47 PM IST
Obesity Linked With Adverse Outcomes In Leukemia Treatment: Study
This study clarified how weight affects treatment side effects and results and urges more research into how weight affects how well various ALL chemotherapy regimens work.
Jul 13, 2023, 19:48 PM IST
High BMI Increases Risk Of Rheumatic Diseases: Study
By using specific genetic variants that can be linked to a high BMI, the researchers in this study were able to show that men and women who have a genetic predisposition to a high BMI also have an increased risk of developing rheumatic disease.
Jun 27, 2023, 11:23 AM IST
Plant-Based Food Packages Linked To Lower BMI In Children: Research
The research team found an association between increasing receipt of food packages and decreased BMI. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that providing plant-based foods could be a useful strategy to prevent childhood obesity in children from food-insecure families.
Jun 24, 2023, 15:51 PM IST
Body Mass Index Might Not Be A Complete Indicator Of Metabolic Health: Study
The study reveals not a complete indicator of metabolic health, and a substantial proportion of U.S. people with normal BMI yet have obesity.
Jun 16, 2023, 19:26 PM IST
Overweight In Youth Increases Risk Factor For Blood Clot In Adult Life: Study
The study reveals how obesity and overweight during puberty seem to have a marked impact on a person's future risks of venous thrombi.
Mar 16, 2023, 14:22 PM IST
Cardiovascular Diseases: Reproductive Factors In Women Contribute to Risk
The analysis showed that earlier first birth, a higher number of live births, and earlier menarche were associated with a higher risk of atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and stroke in women
Feb 28, 2023, 11:21 AM IST
18-24 age group people are at higher risk of gaining weight in next 10 years
A young adult is a more important risk factor for weight gain than sex, ethnicity, geographic region, or socioeconomic area characteristics.
Sep 07, 2021, 07:56 AM IST
Keeping track of your health with the TDEE calculator
The total energy required by your body to function daily is called total daily energy expenditure or TDEE.
Jun 15, 2021, 15:18 PM IST
Obesity raises risk of COVID infection: Study
People with increasing body mass index (BMI) may be at a higher risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, finds a new study.
May 12, 2021, 11:02 AM IST
Obese people at higher risk of a more severe COVID-19 infection: Study
COVID-19 patients with obesity required oxygen more frequently and were 73 per cent more likely to require invasive mechanical ventilation.
Apr 20, 2021, 12:02 PM IST
DNA: How did Indians become used to wasting food?
Why do we Indians waste food? In this section of DNA we will do a social analysis of hunger.
Oct 16, 2020, 23:00 PM IST
63 per cent of Indian executives are overweight: Report
The report has been compiled by reviewing the diet and activity levels of working professionals
Sep 03, 2019, 16:10 PM IST
Early menstruation linked to higher diabetes risk
This new study, analysing more than 15,000 postmenopausal women in China, has found that women who begin menstruating at an earlier age have a higher risk of developing Type-2 diabetes.
Aug 01, 2019, 18:01 PM IST
Spicy diet linked with dementia
People of normal body weight may be more sensitive to chili intake than overweight people, hence the impact on memory and weight.
Jul 23, 2019, 17:06 PM IST
Being overweight may up heart disease risk
Thickening of vessel walls is widely considered to be the first sign of atherosclerosis, a disease in which fatty plaques build up within the arteries and lead to heart disease, a researcher said.
Aug 04, 2018, 12:29 PM IST
Higher BMI associated with lower breast cancer risk
Multiple factors could be contributing to the link between higher BMI and lower breast cancer risk in younger women, such as differences in hormones, including estrogen, growth factors, or breast density.
Jun 22, 2018, 12:50 PM IST
Fat loss vs weight loss: Breaking the kilogram myth
The weighing scale can be your worst enemy.
Apr 10, 2018, 16:02 PM IST
Monitor your body fat to curb risk of breast cancer, study warns postmenopausal women
The findings of the research are scheduled to be presented at a conference of the American Association for Cancer Research to be held in Texas from January 27-30.
Jan 27, 2018, 11:35 AM IST
