The India Obesity Commission has revised obesity guidelines for Indians, lowering the BMI threshold for obesity from 25 to 23 and making waist circumference a compulsory diagnostic tool. The updated norms also recognise mental health conditions as obesity-related co-morbidities.
Previous studies have suggested that people with a late chronotype—those who prefer to go to bed and wake up late—tend to live less healthy lifestyles and are at greater risk for obesity and metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes. The new study found that individuals with a late chronotype face a 46% higher risk of developing diabetes, indicating that this increased risk cannot be attributed to lifestyle factors alone.
The research team sequenced the exome - protein-coding part of the genome - of more than 4,14,000 adults from the UK Biobank study and looked at variants, or mutations, within genes associated with BMI in men and women
According to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, women with obesity might share the disease's risk with their daughters but not with their sons
Washington: People living in close proximity to those who smoke tobacco may have a higher risk of cancer as a new study published in The Lancet journal has found that second-hand smoking is the tenth biggest risk factor for the disease. Using results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) 2019 […]
Bristol: A team of researchers have found that an increased Body Mass Index of a mother before and during pregnancy is not a major cause of high BMI in their offspring — indicating that obesity is more likely to be a result of lifestyle factors. The study has been published in the ‘BMC Medicine Journal’. […]
Moreover, consumption of ultra-processed food items, fast-food restaurant meals, soft drinks, and industrially processed convenience food with salt, sugar, fat, and additives lead to obesity.
In the 25-year follow-up, the researchers analysed the association of body mass index (BMI) at the age of 58 with the risk of early hip fracture up until the age of 70.
