While childhood obesity looms large, so do stigmas against kids who struggle with their weight. So, what’s the best way to talk to an overweight child about his or her weight problem without triggering self-esteem?
Webchutney’s Digital Healthcare Report 2001 shows that use of the internet for healthcare queries is growing in India, more so with preventive healthcare gaining ground. Webchutney is a digital agency that creates interactive marketing solutions for brands.
If you happen to sit more often you are more likely to have a bigger bottom. Experts say that the pressure put on areas of the body used for sitting produces up to 50 percent more fat in those parts.
Another study underscoring the importance of the sunshine vitamin has found that low vitamin D levels in obese children could be a precursor to the development of type 2 diabetes.
Model Yana Gupta says she battled chronic eating disorder and struggled for 16 years with the way she looked despite being conscious about fitness.
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Grey matter volume is crucial to brain health. The healthier the brain, the more grey matter it has. Decreases in gray matter volume indicate that brain cells are shrinking. A new study suggests eating more fish in order to improve brain health.
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They are the ones everyone loves to hate: people who can eat everything in sight without putting on weight. Like everything else, how big your belly is or how wide your hips are depends on your genes, gender and age. What you eat and how active you are counts too, but we’ll assume for a moment that we have identical lifestyles and activity (or inactivity) levels. Sanchita Sharma explains
Few people understand what the disabled go through better than Anshi, 36, an executive with a corporate company who has been there and back.
Given the opportunity, the differently-abled are as productive as the next person
Teeth cells could soon be used to fix spinal cord injuries, transforming lives of patients with severe mobility problems, a new study has suggested.
It all starts in the wrist, where there is a carpal ligament below the skin. The median nerve is beneath it and supplies the thumb, index and middle fingers with nerve supply.
A gene known as the 14-3-3s plays a critical role in halting breast cancer initiation and progression, a new study has found.
If the WHO is to be believed, HIV AIDS may soon become a thing of the past. With innovative treatment regimens, improved health services and expansion of facilities the once life-threatening emergency may be eliminated by 2015.