The prevalence of obesity and diabetes has grown worldwide, presenting notable challenges to public health and health care ...

Continuing the trend noted in November, acute respiratory diseases and infections increased in its percent of telehealth ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

Globally, increases in obesity are projected to continue to 2050 for children and adolescents, and the prevalence o ...

The obesity diagnosis has always been controversial. Now, a new clinical definition is raising even more questions.

projecting a staggering 115 per cent increase in obesity rates between 2010 and 2030. This rapid rise, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, is putting immense pressure on already ...

In India, obesity rates have surged dramatically in the past three decades. In 1990, an estimated 15 million men and 21 million women in the country were overweight or obese. By 2021, these numbers ...

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World Obesity Day – celebrated every year on 4 March – is a World Obesity Federation initiative supporting practical solutions to help reverse obesity.

India is one of them. India has one of the highest obesity rates in the world with 18 crore overweight or obese adults; China and US are in top 3. (Representative picture: Pexels) The study shows ...