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The study published in -- Pediatrics -- shows that large, rapid weight loss is the best predictor of medical and psychological problems in patients with atypical anorexia, not their body weight at diagnosis. (Photo: ANI)

Atypical anorexia nervosa: New category of eating disorder

Studies reveal that eating disorder can hide behind normal body weight.

18 Nov 2019 9:50 AM IST

From uttapam to sprouted dal parantha - a book by UNICEF tells how to tackle problems of underweight, obesity and anaemia among children by consuming nutritious food that costs less than Rs 20. (Photo: istockphoto/ Greenapture)

From uttapam to sprouted dal parantha: UNICEF's recipes for healthy...

The book has been based on the findings of the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey 2016-18.

17 Nov 2019 2:59 PM IST

Using rigorous statistical analysis and machine learning, accurate prediction models were created and integrated into the new Individualized Diabetes Complication (IDC) Risk Calculator. (Photo: ANI)

Web calculator can now predict complications from diabetes, obesity

Risk calculator predicts risk of death, complications from diabetes and obesity.

6 Nov 2019 11:00 AM IST

Increased age at onset of obesity was associated with a lower risk of diabetes, with a 13 percent lower risk of developing T2D per one-year delay in onset. (Photo: ANI)

Early exposure to obesity can increase risk of type 2 diabetes

Longer exposure to obesity linked with increased risk of type 2 diabetes: Study.

24 Dec 2019 11:38 AM IST

The report, compiled in collaboration with the World Health Organization. (Photo: AFP)

Double burden of malnutrition: obesity and premature death

Report reveal that double burden of obesity, undernourishment stalks world.

16 Dec 2019 7:36 PM IST

The heaviest kids also had slightly worse scores on computer-based tests of executive function. (Photo: AP)

Is obesity a result of that brain difference?

Brain differences may be tied to obesity, kids' study says.

12 Dec 2019 3:21 PM IST

While many in Asia still do not get enough calories to thrive, in the Pacific the problem is too many empty calories. (Photo: AP)

People in Asia-Pacific are still malnourished; aims to eliminate...

UN: Nearly a half-billion in Asia-Pacific still going hungry.

12 Dec 2019 2:12 PM IST

The results have been published in the journal PLOS ONE. (Photo: ANI)

What is going to determine our quantity of food intake?

How much will we eat in the future?

10 Dec 2019 11:02 AM IST

The study was published in British Dental Journal. (Photo: ANI)

Effect of obesity on non-surgical periodontal care

Study explores relationship between obesity and gum disease.

8 Dec 2019 1:21 PM IST

Adaptations to weight loss include hormonal changes, increase in appetite, decrease in metabolic rate, and thermo genesis activity. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Designating obesity as chronic disease can benefit people living with...

Obesity a chronic disease, maintaining lost weight more important.

3 Dec 2019 9:22 AM IST

Using the public transport also helps one decrease their carbon footprint, besides the obvious health benefits. (Photo: Pixabay)

Health benefits of using public transport

Lower obesity rates linked with public transportation use: Study.

30 Jan 2019 8:39 PM IST

Nearly a billion people in the world are hungry and another two billion are eating too much of the wrong foods, causing epidemics of obesity, heart disease and diabetes, both issues that could be made worse by climate change, according to the Lancet Commission on Obesity. (Photo: AFP)

Eat right to save the planet

'Radical rethink' needed to tackle obesity, hunger, climate: report.

28 Jan 2019 3:41 PM IST