Friday, October 09, 2026
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October 7, 2026 7:37 PM
The UAE has started implementing new limits on sodium, processed sugar and fat content in select packaged food products, as part of a national effort to improve nutrition and reduce obesity and other noncommunicable diseases linked to unhealthy diets...
July 19, 2026 4:17 PM
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Sunday called for a nationwide people's movement against cancer, diabetes, obesity and other lifestyle diseases, stressing that India's response to the growing burden of non-communicable diseases must extend beyon...
March 29, 2026 6:01 PM
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday cautioned that abdominal or central obesity is a more serious health risk than overall obesity, particularly among Indians, where even lean-looking individuals may carry high levels of harmful visceral fat. ...
January 22, 2026 10:47 PM
Researchers say they have finally discovered the pathway by which obesity causes runaway inflammation that can lead to a host of health issues such as diabetes and liver disease. “It’s been known for a long time that obesity causes uncontrolled ...
December 2, 2025 3:45 PM
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday issued global guidelines recommending GLP-1 drugs for the long-term treatment of obesity. According to the WHO, this disease affects more than 1 billion people worldwide. The decision comes at a time when...
December 2, 2025 10:38 AM
The World Health Organization on Monday issued its first guideline on the use of GLP-1 therapies for obesity, conditionally recommending them as part of long-term treatment for the condition, which affects more than 1 billion people globally accordin...
September 16, 2025 12:37 PM
The World Health Organization will recommend using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults, according to draft guidance from the agency that urged countries to take the condition seriously as a chronic disease. The WHO’s expert committee conc...
September 10, 2025 1:27 PM
Globally, obesity is likely now more prevalent among school-aged children and adolescents than being underweight, according to a new report from UNICEF which blamed increasingly unhealthy food environments worldwide for the shift. The UN children's ...
August 15, 2025 9:43 AM
In his Independence Day address from the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to guard against the growing crisis of obesity. “We must stay away from becoming fat...,” he said, calling for a nationwide shift in lifestyle and die...
April 15, 2025 8:58 PM
Repeated exposure to unnecessary CT (computed tomography) scans may increase cancer risk to a level comparable with alcohol consumption and obesity, a new study has found. The research, conducted by scientists at the University of California-San Fra...
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