Obesity

Parents shrug it off, kids eat their way to obesity

Owing to lack of awareness regarding obesity disorders among parents, a number of children are getting detected through ‘incidental diagnosis’ at hospitals in the city.

Publication Date:

16/05/2018

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Obesity, Children, Child Health, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Health

Health

Pathways and mechanisms linking dietary components to cardiometabolic disease: thinking beyond calories

Calories from any food have the potential to increase risk for obesity and cardiometabolic disease because all calories can directly contribute to positive energy balance and fat gain. However, various dietary components or patterns may promote obesity and cardiometabolic disease by additional mechanisms that are not mediated solely by caloric content. Researchers explored this topic at the 2017 CrossFit Foundation Academic Conference ‘Diet and Cardiometabolic Health – Beyond Calories’, and this paper summarizes the presentations and follow-up discussions.

Publication Date:

14/05/2018

Author(s): K. L. Stanhope, M. I. Goran, A. Bosy-Westphal & et al

Source: Obesity Reviews

pp:

1-31

Tags:

Heart Diseases, Obesity, Processed Foods, Health Effects, Consumption Patterns, Nutritional Diseases, Research

Health

Survey finds 47 per cent slum dwellers overweight

This is also an alarm bell as about half of the surveyed population was young (between the ages of 25 to 44 years only)

Publication Date:

09/05/2018

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Obesity, Delhi, Heart Diseases, Tobacco, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Health

Food Policy

Improving diets in an era of food market transformation: Challenges and opportunities for engagement between the public and private sectors

With poor diets posing a greater global health risk than air pollution, alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined, the private sector needs to play a stronger role in encouraging people to eat more nutritious food, according to a new policy brief.

Publication Date:

18/04/2018

Source: FAO

Tags:

Food Security, Nutrition, Obesity, Private Sector, India, Global, Public Sector

Health

Parental diet, obesity before conception affects child's health

Besides smoking and drinking alcohol, parents' health including obesity and poor diet can have "profound implications" for the growth, development and long-term health of their children before thei

Publication Date:

18/04/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Obesity, Children, Child Health, Malnutrition, Diabetes, Heart Diseases, Health

Health

Burden of Packaged Food on Schoolchildren: Based on the CSE Survey ‘Know Your Diet’

In view of the linkages between food and NCDs, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been working for necessary policies and practices aimed at promoting good food, especially among schoolchildren.

Publication Date:

09/03/2018

Author(s): Chandra Bhushan, Sonam Taneja, Amit Khurana

Source: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Tags:

Junk Food, Children, Health Effects, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Obesity, Non Communicable Diseases

Health

13.8% schoolchildren at risk of lifestyle diseases

Study on 1.04 lakh children in the city

Publication Date:

28/02/2018

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Child Health, Lifestyles, Obesity, Bangalore (D), Malnutrition, Health Effects, Health

Health

Sin taxes to bring in more than R3bn — including new sugar tax

Treasury expects to bring in more than R3bn extra from increases in so-called sin taxes in the 2018-19 fiscal year — if the new “sugar tax” is included under that umbrella.

Publication Date:

22/02/2018

Source: Business Day (South Africa)

Tags:

Health, Obesity, Non Communicable Diseases, South Africa, Tobacco, Africa

Health

Andhra Pradesh gaining obesity capital of India tag

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh appeared to be turning obese. After gaining the name as the ‘Capital for Diabetes’, it was now marching towards getting the obesity tag.

Publication Date:

06/02/2018

Source: Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Andhra Pradesh, Obesity, Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases, Children, Public Distribution System (PDS), Health Effects, Health

Health