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In a first, Maharashtra's public health dept conducts regular checkup of newly married couples
December 19, 2022 7:36 am
The health department volunteers check body mass index (BMI) and haemoglobin among other other health parameters of newly married couples from different districts, with an aim of early detection and intervention under the mother and children health programmes across the state.
Using BMI to measure your health is nonsense. Here's why
May 17, 2022 9:52 pm
Doctors can be just as obsessed with numbers, relying on measurements and equations to create scores for our health, one of the most popular of which is the Body Mass Index (BMI).
Obesity rising faster in rural areas than cities: Study
May 11, 2019 5:30 pm
The study, published in the journal Nature, analysed the height and weight data of over 112 million adults across urban and rural areas of 200 countries and territories between 1985 and 2017.
‘Tea gardens facing famine-like situation’
August 23, 2014 1:39 am
The tea gardens in North Bengal are facing a ‘famine-like situation’.
‘11% of kids under five in state underweight’
February 12, 2014 12:24 am
State government releases latest malnutrition figures on the basis of survey under ICDS.
3 sisters undergo bariatric surgery to fight obesity
January 06, 2014 3:30 pm
For the past 11 years, I was taking medications to reduce weight and joined a gym, too.
Health food: Walnuts may prevent diabetes and heart disease
September 24, 2013 2:25 pm
Eating walnuts daily can ward off diabetes and heart disease in at-risk individuals,says study.
Obese moms more at risk of preterm delivery
June 12, 2013 3:48 pm
Researchers found the risk of preterm delivery increases with maternal overweight and obesity.
Beer bellies could kill
August 28, 2012 12:01 pm
Central obesity is bad,but distribution of the fat is very important even in people with a normal weight.
Excess weight may up womens risk of breast cancer
August 27, 2012 11:30 am
The study found that extra body fat causes hormonal changes and inflammation that may drive breast cancer.
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