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Liposuction Surgery: What a common woman should know?

Lifestyle | Jun 08, 2015, 06:35 PM IST

While the news is abuzz that a Telugu actress Aarthi Agarwal died due to a failed liposuction surgery let us get to know that actually what liposuction surgery is. How can it change a common

Weight loss tip for teens: Have afternoon protein snacks

Lifestyle | May 23, 2015, 11:35 AM IST

New York: Are you wondering how to make your adolescent kid avoid eating unhealthy in the evening? Researchers have found that high-protein afternoon snacks, particularly soy foods, reduce unhealthy evening snacking in teenagers, thereby preventing

Antibiotic use may make kids obese in adulthood

World | May 14, 2015, 11:32 AM IST

New York: The commonly prescribed antibiotics can lead to changes in the gut bacteria of kids and make them vulnerable to infectious diseases, allergies and other autoimmune disorders, and even obesity, later in life, warns

India has third-highest number of obese people after US, China: study

Lifestyle | Apr 09, 2015, 11:09 PM IST

New Delhi: India has the third-highest number of obese and overweight people (11 percent of adolescents, and 20 percent of all adults) after US and China, a recent study mapping global malnutrition trends has revealed.The

Beware! High-fat diet can alter your behaviour

Lifestyle | Mar 27, 2015, 01:53 PM IST

New York: High-fat diet can affect brain health and promote changes in your behaviour, including increased anxiety, impaired memory, and repetitive behaviour, warns a new study.The findings published in the journal Biological Psychiatry suggest that

What policy changes can really help reduce obesity

Lifestyle | Mar 23, 2015, 12:34 PM IST

New York: With obesity turning into a growing concern for the state, not just for affected individuals, researchers have reviewed which policy decisions have actually helped reduce obesity over the years.The findings detailed in the

Changing your sleeping habit can make you obese: study

India | Mar 07, 2015, 07:20 PM IST

Changing your sleep routine can cause you to pile on the pounds. Sleeping for one hour less or an hour more has the same detrimental effect on a human body, according to a study.The study

Can red wine actually help you burn fat?

Lifestyle | Feb 07, 2015, 04:55 PM IST

New York: It's a common notion that alcohol consumption can lead to obesity but a latest study claimsthat drinking red grape juice or wine in moderation could improve the health of over-weight people by helping

Low carb diet can cause digestive problems, say Experts

Lifestyle | Jan 25, 2015, 10:32 AM IST

Los Angeles: Low carb diets may be used as a weight loss tool by some people, but dieticians and nutritionists warn that the tactic may be contributing to a reduction in fibre intake and thus,

Reprogramming fat cells to treat obesity

Lifestyle | Dec 14, 2014, 04:07 PM IST

London: Using advanced genome sequencing technologies, researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which white fat cells from humans get reprogrammed to turn browner, thereby helping to burn fat.Browning of white adipose tissue increases the energy

Consuming pre-cooked food increases your weight

Lifestyle | Nov 05, 2014, 08:11 PM IST

London: Do you want to help trim yours and your family's waistlines? One can save over a month's worth of calories every year by ditching 'ready meals' and instead taking a Do it Yourself (DIY)

Obesity leading to deaths worldwide

World | Jul 15, 2013, 10:02 AM IST

Sydney, July 15: Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, with around 2.8 million people dying each year as a result of being overweight or obese, according to international health experts.Globalisation has brought fast food culture

Viagra also busts obesity

Lifestyle | Jan 19, 2013, 06:43 AM IST

Berlin: Researchers treating mice with Viagra have made an amazing discovery -- the drug potentially busts the unseemly fat around the abdomen, besides lowering risk of other obesity related complications.Sildenafil -- better known as Viagra

Defective taste buds prompt obese kids to overeat

World | Oct 26, 2012, 03:56 PM IST

London, Oct 26: Defective taste buds prompt obese children to gorge on larger portions of food, which actually blunts their ability to distinguish the five tastes of bitter, sweet, salty, sour and savoury.They compensate for

Keeping Light On While Sleeping Can Induce Obesity

India | Oct 18, 2010, 03:32 PM IST

The blame for rising obesity rates has been pinned on many things, including a more calorific diet, the spread of processed food, a lack of exercise and modern man's generally more stressful lot. Something else