Good enough to eat: the food index

Around the world, one in eight people go to bed hungry every night despite there being enough food for everyone. Overconsumption, misuse of resources and waste are common elements of a system that leaves hundreds of millions without enough to eat. To better understand the challenges that people face getting enough of the right food, Oxfam has compiled a global snapshot of 125 countries indicating the best and worst places to eat. It is the first of its kind and reveals the different challenges that people face depending on where they live.

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Food Prices, Food Security, India, Global, Obesity, Diabetes, Food Policy, Health Effects
Health

Effect of a lifestyle intervention on weight change in south Asian individuals in the UK at high risk of type 2 diabetes: a family-cluster randomised controlled trial

The susceptibility to type 2 diabetes of people of south Asian descent is established, but there is little trial-based evidence for interventions to tackle this problem. We assessed a weight control and physical activity intervention in south Asian individuals in the UK.

Publication Date: 
23/12/2013
Raj S Bhopal, Anne Douglas, Sunita Wallia & et al
Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
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Diabetes, South Asia, India, Pakistan, United Kingdom (UK), Lifestyles, Health Effects
Health

Should physical activity recommendations be ethnicity-specific? Evidence from a cross-sectional study of South Asian and European men

Expert bodies and health organisations recommend that adults undertake at least 150 min.week of moderate-intensity physical activity (MPA). However, the underpinning data largely emanate from studies of populations of

Publication Date: 
01/12/2013
Carlos A. Celis-Morales, Nazim Ghouri, Mark E. S. Bailey & et al
PLoS ONE
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Lifestyles, Health Effects, South Asia, Europe, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases
Environment

Sri Lanka State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, November, 2013

The Sri Lankan government will commence a program to promote indigenous seed varieties among farmers from November 18. Read more in this November 2013 edition of the Monthly Sri Lanka State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.

Publication Date: 
30/11/2013
Centre for Science and Environment
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Environment, Sri Lanka, Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Industrial Pollution, Water Pollution, Floods, Natural Disasters, Dengue, Diabetes, Thermal Power Plants, Elephant, South Asia
Health

7.1m people diabetic

Around 10 per cent of Pakistan’s adult population is diabetic and the country could become the world’s fourth largest diabetic nation according to international estimates, experts said at a press c

Publication Date: 
20/11/2013
Dawn (Pakistan)
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Pakistan, Health, Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases, Diseases, South Asia
Health

Pistachios curb diabetes: Study

New Delhi: In a controlled intervention trial of pistachios conducted by National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (NDOC),daily consumption of a handful of the nut was found to reduce s

Publication Date: 
18/11/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Diabetes, Medical Research, Lifestyles
Health

One fourth of Lanka are diabetics

Latest statistics reveal that 25% of the population in Sri Lanka is suffering from Diabetes and the figure is estimated to be doubled by 2050, the Health Ministry said yesterday.

Publication Date: 
15/11/2013
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
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Sri Lanka, Health, Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases, South Asia
Health

Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013-2020

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes – are the biggest cause of death worldwide. More than 36 million die annually from NCDs (63% of global deaths), including 14 million people who die too young before the age of 70.

Publication Date: 
13/11/2013
World Health Organization
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Non Communicable Diseases, Cancer, Heart Diseases, Respiratory Diseases, Diabetes, Health Effects, Developing Countries, Global
Health

55% of 21,000 diabetics in Mumbai are women

Mumbai: Even as the BMC will attempt to detect more cases of hidden diabetes by randomly checking the blood sugar of more than two lakh Mumbaikars on Wednesday, existing statistics reveal a worryin

Publication Date: 
13/11/2013
Times Of India (Mumbai)
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Maharashtra, Mumbai, Women, Diabetes, Diseases, Health Effects, Health
Health

Lifestyle diseases’ are new threat to Asia: WHO

Asia-Pacific countries face serious challenges from ‘lifestyle’ diseases and ageing populations even as they overcome more traditional illnesses, the World Health Organisation’s regional director s

Publication Date: 
22/10/2013
New Age (Bangladesh)
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Asia, Health, Diabetes, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, WHO, Lifestyles, Non Communicable Diseases, Obesity

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