Obesity

Obesity

Wegovy is the first approved drug since 2014 for chronic weight management in adults with general obesity or overweight.

Diet trends to see 4 bn people overweight by 2050: Study

The model predicted that 16 percent would be obese, compared with nine percent currently among the 29 percent of the population who are overweight

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Junk food linked to age-marker in chromosomes: study

Obesity increases risk of Covid-19 death by 48%, study finds

Obesity increases risk of Covid-19 death by 48%, study finds

Jaime Calder looks checks out compost in her vegetable garden in Round Rock, Texas, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in the US, April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. Reuters

How gardening could help in the fight against obesity

FILE PHOTO: French immunologist Jean-Francois Delfraissy addresses the media in the courtyard of the French Interior Ministry in Paris, France March 13, 2020. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

Obesity is major Covid-19 risk factor, says French chief epidemiologist

According to the World Health Organisation, obesity is an emerging epidemic which needs to be curbed in time. Photo: Unsplash

Researchers have found out a fool-proof way to check obesity

Developing countries to lose over $7 trillion to obesity

Developing countries to lose over $7 trillion to obesity

Double burden of obesity, undernourishment stalks world

Double burden of obesity, undernourishment stalks world