obesity
U.S. : 42 per cent of US may be obese by 2030
Forty-two percent of the US population could be obese by 2030, up from about one-third currently, and the associated rise in health woes would...
U.S. : scientists find new method of calculating calories and weight loss
Everything you know about dieting is wrong, say US scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they...
U.S. : Obesity fight begins at home
US First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity took a personal turn when she said she is paying more attention to a key...
WHO calls for junk food ban in schools
Junk food should not be sold in schools and playgrounds, the World Health Organisation said Friday in a series of recommendations aimed at promoting...
Short news : Australian study finds diabetes link to flabby dads
Men with high-fat diets are more likely to have diabetic children, research showed Thursday, in the first study linking a baby's health to what...
Study : Western diseases spread to developing world
Chronic illnesses like obesity and diabetes, generally seen as "Western", are making worryingly rapid inroads in the developing world, health experts warned at a...
Study : Health care blamed for US slump on global longevity scale
Life expectancy is shorter in the United States compared with other wealthy nations because of its health care system -- and not obesity, smoking,...
Health : Concerns as obesity surgery soars in Britain
British health campaigners warned Friday that surgery was being seen as an easy option to tackle obesity after new figures showed weight-loss...
Health : French diet guru Montignac dies at 66
Michel Montignac, author of worldwide bestsellers on weight loss in the 1980s and 1990s, has died aged 66, French officials said Thursday.
Montignac,...
