PUNE: The obesity epidemic is generally attributed to excess caloric intake, diet composition, poor physical activity and genetic susceptibility.

Waistlines of young children in Pune city are expanding, and experts warn that if lifestyle modifications and early medical interventions are not initiated, these children will be at the risk of va

Islamabad—World Food Programme is implementing a programme in 40 districts including three new districts in Cholistan to reduce the incidences of malnutrition and improve public health and food sec

The UK risks becoming a "permanently divided" society unless "radical new approaches" are taken by the next government, a report suggests.

Ado Ekiti — About 231,000 Nigerian children under the age of five die annually of pneumonia and diarrhoea, the Justice, Development and Peace Initiative (JDPI) has said.

Campaigners have published a child poverty map of the UK, which they said showed "shocking levels of hardship" across the country.

High-caffeine energy drinks are being widely consumed by children and young people and could be storing up “a significant public health problem“ for the future, experts from the WHO have warned.

The highest rate of malnutrition has been found among children living in the slums of the country, revealed the Bangladesh Urban Health Survey 2013 report yesterday.