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As anti-obesity drug Wegovy launches in India, patients share experience using drugs like Mounjaro; doctors weigh in effectiveness

July 08, 2025 4:13 pm

While real-time data on how Indians are responding to these drugs is still emerging, experts say that sustained weight loss and obesity management continue to depend largely on lifestyle modifications

All about leptin resistance and how it affects your body

March 25, 2025 4:47 pm

This hormone helps regulate hunger and a person's energy spending

Obesity is estimated to affect more than 1 billion people worldwide.

Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts

January 19, 2025 4:23 pm

The report introduces two new diagnostic categories: clinical obesity and pre-clinical obesity.

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How to diagnose obesity: Lancet Commission recommends focussing on fat distribution, not just BMI. Here's why it is significant

January 15, 2025 9:22 pm

Experts feel the new recommendations can help Indians with abdominal obesity

Children with traumatic experiences have a higher risk of obesity -- but this can be turned around

January 14, 2025 6:09 pm

Notably, certain traumatic experiences (including physical abuse and parental domestic violence) related more strongly to obesity than others.

Fact check: Even 1.5 grams weight gain can increase diabetes risk

November 08, 2024 5:00 pm

Maintaining consistent weight, even on a micro level, plays a critical role. Let's find out how

Top 10 countries with the highest adult obesity rates: India or US, find out who's more at risk

October 18, 2024 8:32 am

Obesity Rates by Country 2024: Today, no country across the globe has been on track towards achieving the WHO's 2013 aim of 'halting the rise' in obesity prevalence by 2030.

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Delhi Confidential: Genetic Trait

February 28, 2024 3:40 am

Union Science Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, a trained diabetologist himself, said at an event that central obesity among Indians was linked to a higher prevalence of diabetes.

Covid-19 during pregnancy may increase obesity risk in children: Study

March 31, 2023 4:24 pm

Pregnant women make up 9 per cent of reproductive-aged women with COVID-19, which exposes millions of babies to maternal infection during foetal development over the next five years.