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Category: Obesity

Posted on November 8, 2019November 21, 2019

Enforcing fast foods sale ban near schools will be a tall order

Though sale and advertisement of tobacco products within 100 yards of a school is prohibited, violation is more a norm than an exception. The same will be the case with…

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Posted on June 20, 2018

Adults from South, Northeast India have higher risk of cardiovascular disease

Two large surveys covering nearly 8 lakh adults between 2012 and 2014 have found the average 10-year risk of a cardiovascular disease event varying from 13.2% in Jharkhand to 19.5% in…

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Posted on March 21, 2017March 21, 2017

Overweight, obese men at higher risk of severe liver disease, liver cancer

Men with more than normal body weight from an early age (17-19 years) are at higher risk of developing severe liver disease and even liver cancer in later life. The…

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Posted on March 19, 2017March 19, 2017

CCMB: Can alpha chain of clusterin protein control weight, fat gain in animals?

The two chains of clusterin protein, which are normally expressed in several tissues and can be found in several body fluids, when present together tend to lower lipid levels but…

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Posted on September 4, 2016September 12, 2016

Higher abdominal obesity triples breast cancer risk in Indian women

Immaterial of their menopausal and hormone receptor status, Indian women who have a high waist-to-hip ratio (central obesity) of over 0.95 have three times higher risk of breast cancer than…

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Posted on July 13, 2016July 13, 2016

Using fat tax to change food consumption behaviour

Using tax as a tool to alter consumer food preferences has been recommended by the World Health Organisation. Mexico provides us with proof that levying additional taxes on non-essential food…

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Posted on July 10, 2016July 20, 2016

Is Kerala’s fat tax a mere topping than health initiative?

  In a bold step that might have a positive impact on public health, Kerala has become the first State in the country to introduce a 14.5 per cent tax…

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Posted on July 5, 2016July 10, 2016

Sin tax reduces intake of energy-dense food in Mexico

That taxing energy-dense, unhealthy food will result in a drop in consumption levels has come out unequivocally clear in Mexico. In January 2014, Mexico introduced 8 per cent tax on…

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