Bring legislation for mandatory physical activities in schools to fight child obesity: UP BJP MLA
The Uttar Pradesh legislator has written a letter to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan early this week expressing his concern over the issue and that there was "no single legislation which governs all the schools in India".
Dec 17, 2022, 16:42 PM ISTHaving younger siblings can lessen your kid's chance of being overweight
A child who does not have a sibling is three times more likely to become overweight by the time he/she attains the age of 5 or 6.
Mar 12, 2016, 13:45 PM ISTObesity, a poverty issue
The structural causes of socioeconomic inequalities have to be addressed along with tackling inherited obesity via lifestyle factors that tend to go with lower incomes.
Dec 14, 2015, 16:34 PM IST