Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—synthetic toxic ...

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent ...

My son has been overweight his whole life. He is now obese and is asking if he could take the medicine he sees on TV ...

Adolescent BMI amplifies genetic risk for high blood pressure, with sex-specific differences in how BMI modifies SBP ...

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A new study finds that sleep deprivation in teenagers may significantly increase their risk of high blood pressure, a major ...

Teenagers who slept less than 7.7 hours in a sleep lab were observed to be almost three times more likely to have elevated blood pressure than well-rested peers.

OBESITY is becoming an increasingly serious concern in Guyana, with alarming projections showing rising rates of obesity and related Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) that are threatening the country’s ...

Having struggled with obesity herself and having undergone a bariatric surgery ... laparoscopic and bariatric surgeon in Pune. The case of the teen girl demonstrates the need to focus on diet ...

Published to medical journal The Lancet, the study analyzed obesity trends in 204 countries total. They found that the number of obese individuals spiked globally from 929 million to 2.6 billion ...

The story so far: Earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio programme highlighted the alarming increase in obesity in the country, particularly among ...