Craving fatty foods is simply what obese people's brains are trained for!
The brains of obese people were not sending messages to tell the body that they already have enough energy stored.
Mar 02, 2017, 19:39 PM IST
India's big health issue of obesity: Proportion of overweight men doubled in 10 years
According to the survey, the number of men (adults age 15-49 years) who are overweight or obese was 18.6 per cent while the NFHS-3 data collected in 2005-06 showed 9.3 per cent men were overweight or obese.
Mar 02, 2017, 10:12 AM IST
Doctors at Mumbai's Saifee hospital begin tests on fat-shamed MP cop
Jogawat, who weights about 180 kilos, had said that he started to put on weight after he underwent a gall bladder surgery in 1993.
Feb 27, 2017, 14:08 PM IST
'Hope for a better life', says obese Madhya Pradesh inspector before leaving for Mumbai to undergo checkup
Following the doctor's advice, Jogewat left for Mumbai on Saturday night.
Feb 26, 2017, 21:09 PM IST
Children fall heir to obesity from parents, says research
This research is very much relevant to Indian population as around 30 million people in the country are obese, medical experts say.
Feb 26, 2017, 12:11 PM IST
High-sugar diet can cause Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from the University of Bath and King's College London claim that this is the first concrete evidence to explain why abnormally high blood sugar levels, or hyperglycaemia, have an impact on cognitive function.
Feb 24, 2017, 13:39 PM IST
Drug used for treating obesity may bring down diabetes risk
Of the patients who did go on to develop diabetes, those who were given liraglutide took nearly three times longer to develop the disease than those in the placebo group.
Feb 23, 2017, 19:03 PM IST
Gene that plays a very important role in making humans obese identified
A new study has identified a gene that could play a very important role in making humans obese or lean.
Feb 22, 2017, 23:37 PM IST
Suffering from obesity-related pain? Mediterranean diet may help you!
A well-established connection between body weight and chronic pain might be explained by inflammation in the body, and the study points to anti-inflammatory foods including fish, nuts and beans as a key to preventing or reducing that pain.
Feb 22, 2017, 14:27 PM IST
Beware: The reason for your child's obesity could be you!
For the thinnest child their BMI is 10 per cent due to their mother and 10 per cent due to their father, whereas, for the fattest child this transmission is closer to 30 per cent due to each parent.
Feb 20, 2017, 15:40 PM IST
Those overweight at age 20, 60-80% more susceptible to develop stomach cancer in later life!
Carrying excess weight can trigger long-term reflux problems and heartburn that can lead to cancer.
Feb 16, 2017, 21:29 PM IST
Severely obese people more likely to die at home: Study
A new study has revealed that severely obese people are more likely to die at home and are less likely to spend their last days in a home providing care.
Feb 08, 2017, 23:35 PM IST
Drinking water from plastic bottles during pregnancy may up risk of having obese babies
This is for all expectant mothers. A new study has found that women during their pregnancy drink water from plastic bottles could increase the risk of having obese babies.
Feb 08, 2017, 21:00 PM IST
Obesity: Drinking from plastic water bottles increases risk in unborn child
BPA is a chemical found in a variety of food containers, including polycarbonate plastic water bottles and can linings.
Feb 08, 2017, 11:07 AM IST
Cancer: Obesity biggest driver of disease; cases in women rising six times faster than in men
According to the analysis by Cancer Research UK, unhealthy lifeslyle habits, mainly obesity, are to be blamed for the rise in cancer cases in both sexes.
Feb 03, 2017, 11:40 AM IST
Poverty tends to increase death rate; riskier than alcohol, obesity
However, socio-economic status, which is one of the strongest predictors of illness and early death worldwide, is often overlooked in health policies, the researchers said.
Feb 01, 2017, 14:19 PM IST
You can fight obesity by looking at commercials of healthy foods – Know how!
This is a useful method which could help in countering obesity and related diseases.
Jan 28, 2017, 12:26 PM IST
Obesity has many reasons, one them is impulsiveness: Study
For the self-report, researchers used an impulsive sensation-seeking scale to gauge innate personality characteristics.
Jan 25, 2017, 18:11 PM IST
One out of three Indian kids has unhealthy BMI, reveals survey
The survey found that 69 per cent girls have a healthy BMI compared to 62 per cent boys.
Jan 24, 2017, 10:47 AM IST
Combating obesity: This drug produces 'brown fat' that burns calories
Researchers found that mice treated mice with a drug called bexarotene (Bex) had more "brown fat, faster metabolisms and less body weight gain, even after being fed a high-calorie diet".
Jan 18, 2017, 16:50 PM IST
