Obesity

Food system transformation in Mozambique: an assessment of changing diet quality in the context of a rising middle class

Robust income growth combined with the highest urban population growth in the world is driving rapid changes in the food system of Sub-Saharan Africa. Demand is increasing for higher quality foods, including fresh produce, meat and dairy products as well as more processed foods, with poorer nutritional value.

Publication Date:

01/11/2018

Author(s): Jenny Cairns Smart, David Tschirley, Francis Smart

Source: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Tags:

Nutrition, Food Security, Health, Mozambique, Africa, Obesity

Health

Late-pregnancy dysglycemia in obese pregnancies after negative testing for gestational diabetes and risk of future childhood overweight: An interim analysis from a longitudinal mother–child cohort study

Maternal pre-conception obesity is a strong risk factor for childhood overweight.

Publication Date:

20/10/2018

Author(s): Delphina Gomes, Rüdiger von Kries, Maria Delius & et al

Source: PLoS Medicine

pp:

1-21

Tags:

Obesity, Child Health, Maternal Health, Non Communicable Diseases, Research

Health

State to form task force to curb child obesity

The government also plans to set up dedicated metabolic institutes in state-run hospitals for doctors to study obesity-related ailments.

Publication Date:

15/10/2018

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Obesity, Child Health, Non Communicable Diseases, Health

Health

58% of Hyderabadis with belly fat face heart disease risk

A recent study by Saffolalife has found that 58 per cent of Hyderabad residents face risk of heart disease due to belly fat.

Publication Date:

04/10/2018

Source: New Indian Express (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Telangana, Heart Diseases, Obesity, Diabetes, Health Effects, Health

Health

Education can reduce health differences related to genetic risk of obesity

Educational policies may increase or decrease health differences, depending on whether they reinforce or counteract gene-related differences. We investigate whether one such policy affected health differently for people with different genetic backgrounds. We find that the additional education generated by the policy benefited those with higher genetic risk of obesity the most, reducing the gap in unhealthy body size between those in the top and bottom terciles of genetic risk of obesity from 20 to 6 percentage points.

Publication Date:

02/10/2018

Author(s): Silvia H. Barcellos, Leandro S. Carvalho, Patrick Turley

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

pp:

1-8

Tags:

Obesity, Education, Information, Research, United Kingdom (UK)

Health

Obesity, and not smoking, could be the biggest cause of cancer in women

In India, according to a 2012 report in The Lancet as quoted by Medical News Today, breast cancer is one of the most common problems among women here.

Publication Date:

27/09/2018

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Obesity, Lifestyles, Cancer, Tobacco, Smoking, Women, Health Effects, Health

Food Policy

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018: building climate resilience for food security and nutrition

The number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one in every nine people, according to this new report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World released by FAO. Hunger has been on the rise over the past three years says the report and calls for urgent action if the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger is to be achieved by 2030.

Publication Date:

11/09/2018

Source: FAO

Tags:

Food Security, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Climate Change, India, Global, Obesity

Health