Modi reinforced his previous recommendations to address the crisis, urging families to purchase 10% less cooking oil, and reduce its consumption by the same margin on a regular basis.
Pharma firms are pouncing on opportunity as patents on world’s second-bestselling drug, which goes by brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, are expiring in nearly 100 nations.
India's anti-obesity drug market is valued at Rs 3,000-3,500 crore and is projected to grow nearly eightfold to Rs 25,000 crore by 2030, as per estimates.
As obesity management draws awareness and weight-loss injections are launched in India, hospitals are offering customised multidisciplinary treatments, at a cost.
The consortium, Let’s Fix Our Food, has come out with suggestions to control intake of high-fat, salt & sugar foods. Over 17 mn children & adolescents in India are affected by obesity.
US pharma giant Eli Lilly's Mounjaro can prove crucial in treatment of obesity & type 2 diabetes. Launched in the US in 2022, it has since become a global blockbuster.
In 2021, 180 million Indians were either overweight or obese, second only to China. The report estimates that for India, the figure will rise to 450 million in 2050, marking a rise of 150%.
New report by The Lancet released Wednesday has suggested adopting measures apart from body mass index (BMI) to determine excess body fats in individuals and to define obesity.
Pakistan’s reported air strikes on Kabul last night, coinciding with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, seem intended to send...
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
Protein shortage is the problem, Modiji. Ask Punjab far ers to stop growing rice and switch to growing pulses and oilseeds, to eliminate imports. Ask them to help in Atmanirbharta. Obesity is happening due to too much carbs, because of cheap PDS rice being given. And stop opposing eggs in mid-day meals.
Protein shortage is the problem, Modiji. Ask Punjab far ers to stop growing rice and switch to growing pulses and oilseeds, to eliminate imports. Ask them to help in Atmanirbharta. Obesity is happening due to too much carbs, because of cheap PDS rice being given. And stop opposing eggs in mid-day meals.