Obesity: It's Not About Looks! Excessive Weight Can Affect Mental Health - Expert Explains
Many people have the misconception that obesity is merely an aesthetic issue based on societal prejudice. But experts point out that abnormal or excessive deposition of fat in the body can have severe health impacts, and adversely affect your mental health.
Jan 15, 2024, 11:55 AM IST
Obese People Burn Less Energy During Day, More At Night: Study
The study reveals people who have a healthy weight use more energy during the day, when most people are active and eat, while those who have obesity spend more energy during the night, when most people sleep.
Nov 16, 2023, 19:49 PM IST
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
How Weight Stigma Takes A Toll On Mental Health? Know Ways To Break The Cycle
Understanding the psychological consequences of weight stigma is crucial to foster empathy and support for individuals facing this challenge.
Oct 20, 2023, 12:24 PM IST
Heart Health: How Is Obesity Associated With Early Heart Disease - Expert Explains
Dr Parneesh Arora, Senior Director, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Sciences, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Patparganj explains how obesity is associated with early heart disease.
Sep 08, 2023, 13:21 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
Employees With Obesity May Be Less Productive At Work: Study
The study reveals employees with overweight and obesity may have a higher loss of work productivity as measured by absenteeism, short and long-term disability, and worker's compensation compared to employees with normal weight.
Jun 18, 2023, 19:51 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
Excess Weight, Obesity Increase Risk Of Death: Study
As per the study, about 1 in 6 U.S. deaths are related to excess weight or obesity, Check how here.
Feb 26, 2023, 12:43 PM IST
Heart health WARNING! Poor diabetes control can lead to heart attacks, says study
The mean age of the patients was 56 years, and 76 per cent were males. Being overweight (high body mass index, high waist-hip ratio), poor diabetes control, high triglycerides & HBA1C, and a sedentary lifestyle (HDL) were seen as major risk factors for heart attack
Sep 01, 2022, 15:36 PM IST
A FAT chance! Overweight people argue more with doctors, says study
Patients tend to attribute excess weight to factors that they cannot control (e.g. genetics, hormones), whereas physicians tend to attribute it to behavioural, and thus controllable, factors (e.g. nutrition, physical activity).
Sep 01, 2022, 09:56 AM IST
Obesity could be treated by mapping the brain stem's control: Study
The process of choosing which foods to seek out and which to avoid turns out to be so crucial to our welfare that the signals are coordinated in the brain`s most rudimentary regions, the brain stem or hindbrain
Aug 26, 2022, 14:42 PM IST
Sameera Reddy flaunts her ‘imperfectly perfect’ body, talks about mental and physical positivity!
In a recent post, Sameera opened up on body positivity. She said that one shouldn’t get bothered with what others think about them be it physically or mentally and should always love oneself in the best possible way.
Jun 09, 2021, 20:01 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
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
Can obstructive sleep apnea be responsible for failed depression treatment?
It`s true even when these individuals don`t seem to fit the usual profile of obstructive sleep apnea, which includes males who are overweight, snore and complain of daytime sleepiness.
Jul 23, 2019, 15:41 PM IST
Being overweight doubles blood pressure risk in kids
Published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the study shows that obese four-year-old kids have a doubled risk of high blood pressure by age six.
Jun 13, 2019, 17:03 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
Obesity may affect a child's liver
Parents take note. If your child is obese or overweight, it may have negative impact on his or her liver, a new study suggests.
Apr 04, 2018, 17:04 PM IST
