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Patralekha Chatterjee

THE UNDERFED still outnumber the overfed. But food is the new religion of aspiring India, competing with sex on the pleasure-o-meter of the urbane and the upward-mobile.

What is acceptable in cholesterol levels in blood has undergone a significant change in recent years. Expert panels and medical bodies round the world have come up with a series of stricter as well as more nuanced guidelines. For instance, the normal levels for LDL (Low Density and Lipoprotein) and triglycerides

Bindu Shajan Perappadan Obesity in urban kids increased from 16 p.c. to 24 p.c. from 2002 to 2007 NEW DELHI: Childhood obesity is tilting the scale against children in urban Delhi with the latest survey on "Childhood obesity in Asian Indians' finding them more overweight and unhealthier than those surveyed nearly half a decade ago.

Washington, July 8: Declining physical activity and a shift towards a Western diet are driving up obesity rates in China, with more than 25 per cent of adults now considered overweight or obese, a study warned on Tuesday. Researchers writing in the July-August issue of the journal Health Affairs predicted these rates would double by 2028 unless the Chinese government took action

We've known for a long time that a high-fat diet, obesity and lack of exercise can increase the risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes, two conditions that affect millions of Americans. What we are finding out now is that those same lifestyle factors also play an important role in cancer. That's the bad news. The good news is that you can do something about your lifestyle.

weight matters: Obesity contributes to global warming, says a study. Obese people require 1,680 daily calories to sustain normal energy and another 1,280 calories to maintain daily activities. This is 18 per cent more than someone with a stable body mass index. The next step will be to quantify how much a heavier population is contributing to climate change, higher fuel prices and food

Adolescents who think they are too fat seem to be worse off than their counterparts who are really obese, according to an extensive survey. The Robert Koch Institute in Germany surveyed nearly 7,000 boys and girls between 11 and 17. They were asked about self-assessment, ranging from "far too thin" to "far too fat". The survey, published in the German journal Deutsches Aerzteblatt International, established that about three quarters of adolescents were of normal weight. Yet, 55 per cent of girls and under 36 per cent of boys thought they were "too fat".