Obesity
Poor diet in pregnancy can lead to child obesity: study
Obesity in childhood often carries on into adulthood and is associated with a higher risk of type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and other...
Alain Panabiere, 53, had been stranded for months at his home in central Perpignan 'in all likelihood after breaking his leg,' his lawyer Jean Codognes said.
Several studies have drawn links between obesity and a higher risk of serious illness from the new coronavirus.
Scientists are researching why people who are overweight or obese have an increased risk of getting more severely ill with COVID-19.
His government unveiled a 'Better Health' campaign on Monday, saying it would tackle the 'obesity time bomb' by banning advertising of junk food before 9pm, ending 'buy one get one free' deals and putting calories on menus.
Johnson will announce his 'Better Health' campaign on Monday, which is expected to include encouraging doctors to issue 'cycling prescriptions' for overweight patients.
The United Kingdom has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world: nearly one in three adults are obese, according to the OECD.
Hypertension, diabetes and obesity are the three main underlying health conditions that pose a concern.
The report, presented to the FAO in Rome, warned that the problem of poor nutrition 'will only get worse if current trends are not reversed'.
People suffer from diabetes and heart disease because of overeating, but also from anorexia and bulimia through deliberate undereating, the pope said.
On average, overweight dogs live 1.3 years less than dogs on restrictive diets.
The study said 70% of women in South Africa and close to 40% of men are currently overweight.
Surprisingly, people who had more supermarkets and smaller grocery stores near home had higher average BMIs than people who had fewer places to purchase groceries, the study also found.
The officers in East Java are being closely monitored on the two-week programme and also get guidance from nutritionists and medical experts, said spokesman Frans Barung Mangera.
The report found that a combination of excessive calorie consumption, unbalanced diets and declining activity levels were fuelling a growing burden of overweight and obesity in various countries across the world.
In a study of 33 years of trends in body mass index (BMI) across 200 countries and territories, the scientists found that people worldwide are getting heavier - with average weight rising by 5kg to 6kg over the period of the study.
The truth may be that our preferences for caffeine or alcoholic beverages - or indeed sugary sodas - derive not so much from the way they taste but how they make us feel, according to a new study.
An academic article published by Stellenbosch University's Family Medicine Department revealed the sorry state of South Africans Health and highlights the importance of drastically improving the public healthcare sector.
How should countries like South Africa go about making sure that people – particularly poor people (where the burden of non-communicable diseases is highest) – have access to healthy food?