Obesity is a growing public health crisis, bringing with it many serious risk factors, including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. read more

Ramadan fasting can help decrease insulin resistance and maintain a healthy body weight, a study suggests. read more

In high-income countries, the study published in the journal Nature showed that BMI has been generally higher in rural areas since 1985, especially for women. read more

According to a study published in the Journal of Military Medicine, ketogenic diets are low in carbohydrates and emphasise moderate consumption of protein, with fat consumed to satiety. read more

The details were published in the Journal of Neuroscience. The blood-brain barrier is comprised of high-density cells which restrict the passage of substances in the body from the bloodstream. read more

Compared with currently popular diets, the global adoption of the new recommendations requires the world to halve its consumption of red meat and sugar and increase nuts, fruits, vegetables, and legumes intake at least two-fold read more

Findings revealed that obese rats with genetic links to the disease were unable to mate with female rats. “These rats had a loss of sexual potency or what we popularly refer to as loss of libido,” said Dr Nafisa Balasinor, scientist at the NIRRH, who... read more

A Brunch reader weighs in on the cover story on plus-sized bloggers being the new poster people read more

A recent study reports that strength training for a short period of time was adequate to reduce the accumulation of liver fat and improve the regulation of blood glucose in obese mice, even without overall loss of body weight. read more

The paper, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology said global obesity rates have been shooting up globally over the past four decades, with obesity in children rising from 1% in 1975 to 6–8% in 2016, and from 3% to 11% among men, and 6% to... read more

Increased temperature and freak weather events will also reduce nutritional value of crops and reduce agricultural productivity. An Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) study said one-fifth of Indian districts are already susceptible to climate... read more

Social apps on smartphones have replaced human interaction, reducing emotion to Facebook posts and Instagram likes that prompt most of us to spend more time peering into their cell phones than interacting with real people. read more

The research, from the University of Liverpool in the UK, reveals that the lifespan of overweight dogs was up to two-and-half years shorter when compared to ideal-weight dogs. read more

Taj khatun, Zoya Khan’s mother, said that as Zoya was growing up, she started consuming food once every half hour. “By the time she was six, she already weighed 20-25kg. read more

Parents, please take note. Your child’s weight plays an important role in determining his or her asthma risk. Obese or overweight children are at an increased risk of asthma, a new study has found. read more