Diabetes

Is not cool, it increases risk of various diseases, says report THE rich and the middle class are spending more on unhealthy food, according to the quick estimates of the national consumption expenditure 2007-08. The study measures the amount of money that consumers spend on food. This has led to increase in incidence of lifestyle-related diseases. The report was released by the

Publication Date:

27/02/2009

Author(s): Rohini Rangarajan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Lifestyles, Fast Foods, Health Effects, Health, Consumption Patterns, Child Health, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases, Obesity, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, India

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Who controls

The oil brand ambassadors CSE

Publication Date:

14/02/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

17

Issue:

20090215

pp:

18

Tags:

Food Policy, Food Standards, Food Standard Authority, Edible Oils, Fast Foods, Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Health, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, CSE Study, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, India, Statistics, South Asia

Health

Six reasons you should not have trans fats

Heart diseases Trans fats in the hydrogenated oils are worse than saturated fats. They decrease the amount of good cholesterol (hdl). This makes consumption of hydrogenated fats especially bad for the heart. For example, increase of five grammes of trans fats per day could lead to a 25 per cent increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease Diabetes Trans fats interfere with

Publication Date:

14/02/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

17

Issue:

20090215

pp:

18

Tags:

Edible Oils, Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Cancer, Health, Child Health, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Mental Health, CSE Study, India

Health

South Asian diets and insulin resistance

A role of dietary nutrients in relation to insulin resistance has been suggested but conclusive evidence in human beings is lacking. Asian Indians and South Asians are prone to develop insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome. In the present paper, data pertaining to nutrient intake, insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk factors in Asian Indians and South Asians have been reviewed.

Publication Date:

01/02/2009

Author(s): Anoop Misra, Lokesh Khurana, Sumit Isharwal & et al

Source: British Journal of Nutrition

Vol:

101

Issue:

4

pp:

465–473

Tags:

Diabetes, Nutrition, India, South Asia, Asia, Heart Diseases, Obesity, Research

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2008-2013 Action plan for the global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Working in partnership to prevent and control the four noncommunicable diseases — cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory diseases and the four shared risk factors - tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diets and the harmful use of alcohol.

Publication Date:

01/01/2009

Source: World Health Organization

Tags:

Non Communicable Diseases, Developing Countries, Heart Diseases, Cancer, Diabetes, Respiratory Diseases, Global

Health

State leads in diabetes care

C. Maya
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The primary health care system in the State is slowly being equipped to tackle the alarming increase in the incidence of non-communicable diseases in Kerala, thanks to the systematic implementation of the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, CVD and Stroke, launched early in the year.

Publication Date:

19/11/2008

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Health, Health Care, Diabetes, Kerala