The number of Indian obese adults increased from 5.76 million in 1991 to 46.78 million in 2021; it is poised to reach 173.73 ...

The condition of obesity remains a cause of concern for the whole world. The Indian population is also becoming its victim ...

The obesity epidemic just got bigger with a new Lancet study predicting that 21.8 crore men and 23.1 crore women in India ...

As per the study, more than half of all adults who are overweight or live with obesity reside in just eight countries. India ...

Obesity is no longer just a Western problem. A study published in The Lancet predicts that by 2050, nearly one-third of India ...

While obesity is becoming fairly common in India, women are finding themselves bearing the brunt of it more than anyone else. Making headlines is lipedema, a recent phenomenon where excess fat ...

A new Lancet study has predicted that 218 million men and 231 million women in India, nearly one-third of the country's population, will be obese by 2050.

India must note that obesity is a public health challenge, waiting for holistic, multipronged and comprehensive interventions ...

A recent global study of 204 countries, including India, reveals that no country till date has successfully curbed the rising rates of adult obesity.

Childhood obesity is rising at an alarming rate across India, and experts warn that the country lacks comprehensive data to ...

Obesity is a multifactorial challenge and needs multifactorial preventive strategies''. This was stated yesterday by Union ...

The gene DENND1B, which was found to particularly influence the appetite of labradors, is also linked to obesity in humans ...