Overweight

New French study suggests 10% of diabetes patients who contract COVID-19 die within a week

With this study, the doctors concluded that elderly people with long-standing diabetes are at a higher risk of dying due to COVID-19.

What is painful fat syndrome?

There isn’t sufficient data on the prevalence of this disease in India, but medical scientists estimate that globally 11% of women have lipedema.

Every second child, below the age of five, is affected by a form of malnutrition: UNICEF

Indian children are being diagnosed with adult diseases such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease and pre-diabetic.

Third of 700 million children around the world are undernourished, overweight: UNICEF

Over the last three decades, another form of child malnutrition has spread across the world: excess weight.

Too fat to fight: America's obesity crisis affects Pentagon; nearly one-third of youth too overweight to join army

The new report says the Pentagon has recognised the long-standing obesity problem, and is taking steps to improve the health of its troops.

India facing undernutrition and obesity: Nutrition expert says country needs to look within for answers

The 'Global Nutrition Report 2017' said that 51 percent women in India are are underweight, while 22 percent are overweight.

World Obesity Day: WHO wants governments to get citizens healthy; proposes tax on sugary drinks

Governments should tax sugary drinks to fight the global epidemics of obesity and diabetes, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday

Gujarat tackles obesity with 'fat tax' plan: Will be second state after Kerala to do so

Gujarat government is trying to follow Kerala and is considering on imposing a 14.5 percent fat tax on junk food sold in restaurants to raise money for preventive healthcare measure.

Japan's 'naked restaurant' bans overweight and tattooed guests

Japan's first "naked restaurant" opens in Tokyo next month with draconian rules of entry — podgy prospective diners will be weighed and ejected if found to be too fat.

It's not your weight, it's the stereotype: Overweight patients get poorer medical assistance

The ‘Obesity paradox; researchers noticed that patients with chronic conditions like heart disease did better than the others.