In the wake of first dengue death in neighboring Delhi, the Ghaziabad administration has begun taking precautionary measures to contain the outbreak.

Air pollution can affect a child's brain development, create abnormalities, and lower the IQ, health experts have claimed.

India is home to the world's largest number of stunted children due to a lack of toilets, dirty water and poor hygiene, according to a new study published on Tuesday.

JAIPUR: PARENTS of the malnourished children of Nagada village, who have been rehabilitated at Nutritious Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) at Kaliapani under Sukinda block in the district, have deserted

CHANDIGARH: Punjab government's decision to scrap a sterilization programme, which was aimed at improving the state's sex ratio, and instead replace it with a health scheme under which girls aged b

Childhood obesity has dramatically increased in rural parts of Shandong province, a study has found.

Each week, Lucia Thedzi and her five children go one or two days without eating. Some weeks, the family survives on nuts the size of golf balls but with meager flesh inside.

Deribat — Two children died of malnutrition on Thursday and many more are in danger among the displaced people taking refuge in the Lobe area, eight kilometres west of Deribat in East Jebel Marra.

As the different Opposition parties continued to blame the BJD government for the death of 19 tribal children in Nagada village due to malnutrition, the BJP on Thursday urged Governor S.C.

Seven out of every 10 children in the age group of 13-15 years exercise for less than 60 minutes per day while more than one in five are overweight, placing them at a high risk of developing Non-Co