Air Pollution

Air pollution claiming a life every 23 seconds in India

Come 2030 and fuels we use today would have made air so toxic with pollutants that it would be close to impossible to live and move without oxygen kit as a permanent burden and part of lifestyle.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2016
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, India, Health Effects, Lifestyles, Renewable Eergy, Carbon Dioxide, Lung Cancer, Respiratory Diseases
Health

Tipping the scales: Why preventing obesity makes economic sense

Three out of four (75 per cent) people in the UK are unaware of the link between obesity and cancer, according to a Cancer Research UK report. The nationwide survey found that people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to know about the link *.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2016
Cancer Research UK
Tags:
Obesity, Cancer, Health Effects, United Kingdom (UK), Child Health, Non Communicable Diseases, Advertising, Lifestyles, Food Process Industry, Fast Foods
Health

Information technology and lifestyle: A systematic evaluation of internet and mobile interventions for improving diet, physical activity, obesity, tobacco, and alcohol use

Novel interventions are needed to improve lifestyle and prevent noncommunicable diseases, the leading cause of death and disability globally. This study aimed to systematically review, synthesize, and grade scientific evidence on effectiveness of novel information and communication technology to reduce noncommunicable disease risk.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
31/08/2016
Ashkan Afshin, Damilola Babalola, Mireille Mclean & et al
Journal of the American Heart Association
1-19
Tags:
Lifestyles, Technology, Internet, Obesity, Alcoholism, Tobacco, Mobile Phone, Non Communicable Diseases, Information
Poverty

India's 'poverty of numbers'

he number of "poor" derived by applying price adjustment to an old consumption basket, which is largely what official poverty measures have done, are very different from estimates based on actual consumption baskets that have changed over time. For instance, the share of cereals in household expenditure halved between 1993-94 and 2011-12 in rural areas. In the light of this, we ask if all expenditure would be on food, what percentage of the population would be unable to meet the prescribed calorie requirement?

Publication Date: 
27/08/2016
Gaurav Nayyar, Rohini Nayyar
Economic and Political Weekly
51
35
61-71
Tags:
Poverty, India, Consumption Patterns, Food Security, Lifestyles, Malnutrition, Rural Poverty, Statistics
Health

Years of life gained by multifactorial intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and microalbuminuria: 21 years follow-up on the Steno-2 randomised trial

The aim of this work was to study the potential long-term impact of a 7.8 years intensified, multifactorial intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and microalbuminuria in terms of gained years of life and years free from incident cardiovascular disease.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
16/08/2016
Peter Gæde, Jens Oellgaard, Bendix Carstensen & et al
Diabetologia
1-10
Tags:
Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases, Lifestyles, Drugs, Denmark, Europe, Heart Diseases
Air Pollution

Association between long-term exposure to air pollution and biomarkers related to insulin resistance, subclinical inflammation and adipokines

Insulin resistance (IR) is present long before the onset of type 2 diabetes and results not only from inherited and lifestyle factors but likely also from environmental conditions. We investigated the association between modelled long-term exposure to air pollution at residence and biomarkers related to IR, subclinical inflammation and adipokines.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/08/2016
Kathrin Wolf, Anita Popp, Alexandra Schneider & et al
Diabetes
1-44
Tags:
Air Pollution, Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases, Germany, Lifestyles, Nitrogen Dioxide, Air Quality and Health, Health Effects
Health

Over 6 Lakh People Die Due To Cancer In India: Government

With over six lakh people succumbing to cancer and more than ten lakh new cases are reported in the country, the government today said air pollution and unhealthy lifestyles are among the major ris

Publication Date: 
27/07/2016
NDTV
Tags:
Cancer, Lifestyles, Air Pollution, WHO, Tobacco Related Cancer, Health Effects, Health
Air Pollution

Allergy: the 21st century epidemic

KOLKATA: With its rich scientific program and renowned faculty, and the theme "Expanding the Horizons of Allergic Diseases and Asthma: From Epigenetics to Treatment and Prevention" IAACON 2016 (Ind

Publication Date: 
26/07/2016
Ajanta Chakraborty
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Air Pollution, Asthma, Respiratory Diseases, Lifestyles, Climate Change, Health Effects
Health

'State must impose tax on fat, sugar to save youth from junk food'

Diabetes and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in Gujarat owing to the rampant consumption of empty calories, says Dr Tiven Marwah, President of Endocrine Society Of India (Gujarat).

Publication Date: 
25/07/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Junk Food, Lifestyles, Diabetes, Obesity, Child Health, Kerala, Gujarat, Health Effects, Health
Health

7 out of 10 children exercise for less than 60 mins in a day:

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

Publication Date: 
22/07/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Children, Child Health, Lifestyles, Junk Food, Food Process Industry, WHO, Obesity, Health Effects, Health

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