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Obesity might cost Americans a huge $344 billion. That is a whopping 21 per cent of healthcare spending, says a new study.

The America's Health Rankings report. by Kenneth E. Thorpe,... Read more

World Diabetes Day – a day to reflect upon why India has become the diabetic capital of the world with 50.8 million (7.1%) of its people suffering from diabetes. It is high time we prepared ... Read more

The influence of environmental factors early in life on the onset of diseases such as obesity and diabetes in later years will be studied in a major, long-term study of pregnant mothers a... Read more

A new study has claimed that obese teenage girls are two times more likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults than female teens who are not fat.

The study has been publ... Read more

A new study has shown that school-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities.

Researc... Read more

Obesity could destroy sexual urge, says an Australian researcher.

There are several biological and physical factors that can lead to a decrease in sexual functionality, says Associat... Read more

Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.

The group, which funds r... Read more

For overweight women looking forward to becoming a mum, here's some bad news: a new study has shown that obese women are as much as 28 percent less likely to become pregnant and have a succe... Read more

According to a study reduced physical activity may do little in explaining the increase in obesity rates among U.S. adolescents.

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School... Read more

People having obesity, high blood pressure and high blood sugar simultaneously are twice likely to have a heart attack and three times more likely to die earlier than the general population.... Read more