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  Liposuction Surgery: What a common woman should know?

  Lifestyle | June 08, 2015 18:35 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

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  Weight loss tip for teens: Have afternoon protein snacks

  Lifestyle | May 23, 2015 11:35 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

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  Antibiotic use may make kids obese in adulthood

  World | May 14, 2015 11:32 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

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

  Lifestyle | April 09, 2015 23:09 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

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  Beware! High-fat diet can alter your behaviour

  Lifestyle | March 27, 2015 13:53 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

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  What policy changes can really help reduce obesity

  Lifestyle | March 23, 2015 12:34 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

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  Changing your sleeping habit can make you obese: study

  India | March 07, 2015 19:20 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

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  Can red wine actually help you burn fat?

  Lifestyle | February 07, 2015 16:55 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

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  Low carb diet can cause digestive problems, say Experts

  Lifestyle | January 25, 2015 10:32 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,

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  Reprogramming fat cells to treat obesity

  Lifestyle | December 14, 2014 16:07 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

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  Consuming pre-cooked food increases your weight

  Lifestyle | November 05, 2014 20:11 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)

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  Obesity leading to deaths worldwide

  World | July 15, 2013 10:02 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

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  Viagra also busts obesity

  Lifestyle | January 19, 2013 6:43 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

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  Defective taste buds prompt obese kids to overeat

  World | October 26, 2012 15:56 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

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  Keeping Light On While Sleeping Can Induce Obesity

  India | October 18, 2010 15:32 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