Early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is crucial for the treatment to be effective, said the Ministry of Health and Family ...

In the modern workplace, many professions demand that employees spend long hours sitting. If workers in these occupations do ...

Children in Hong Kong are among those falling victim to one of today's greatest health challenges, which calls for a concerted effort by all The growth in the number of people around the world who are ...

Continuing the trend noted in November, acute respiratory diseases and infections increased in its percent of telehealth ...

In what it says is the biggest obesity deal to date, Zealand Pharma A/S has signed up Roche AG to a potential $5.3 billion global collaboration and license agreement to develop petrelintide, an amylin ...

THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and health organizations urged the Philippines to increase funding for obesity prevention and impose stricter food policies. This includes stricter ...

LONDON — Rates of obesity and overweight are spiraling due to a “monumental societal failure” to tackle the problem, with more than half of adults and almost a third of children and young people set ...

In the last two decades in India, a major epidemiological transition has happened that has not captured sufficient public attention — the challenge of overweight and obesity. The National Family ...

The celebration of World Obesity Day takes place annually on March 4 with the goal to inform people about expanding obesity problems worldwide and foster solutions to mitigate the problem.

The obesity epidemic just got bigger with a new Lancet study predicting that 21.8 crore men and 23.1 crore women in India will be overweight or obese — totalling up to 44.9 crore or nearly a third of ...

In light of this alarming trend, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a nationwide anti-obesity campaign. Rising obesity rates are meanwhile adding to diabetes cases, with India ...

World Obesity Day, observed on March 4 every year, aims to raise awareness about the growing global health challenge of obesity. The day emphasizes the need for collective efforts in education ...