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Topic: Obesity

Diabetes drug found to help cut body weight by 20% in people with obesity, study says

Semaglutide, developed by Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, is approved in several countries including US, Canada & Japan as a medication for diabetes.

‘Historic’ reversal & ‘triple whammy’ — what NFHS data reveals about child nutrition in India

In episode 642 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta analyses the data from the National Family Health Survey 5 to highlight nutrition issues faced by the country.

People at higher Covid risk even if merely overweight and not obese, US CDC warns

Nearly 40% of American adults are obese, which the CDC tied to poor outcomes of the infection in late June, and about 32% are overweight, according to the agency.

Weight gain is new problem of poor in rich nations as Covid puts healthy diet out of reach

Unhealthy diets are poised to worsen the obesity problem all over the world, contributing to a 'global pandemic in its own right', the UN's Food & Agriculture Organization said. 

Drugs that fight diabetes and obesity may also treat Covid, Novo Nordisk says

Novo, the world’s biggest maker of diabetes drugs, is studying the role such medicines could play as researchers and governments rush to find treatments to combat the coronavirus.

Obese & overweight patients at high risk of severe Covid illness, finds French study

Only one in every 10 people who end up in ICU with Covid-19 were in a range of healthy weight, the study found.

Childhood obesity increases risk of multiple sclerosis, study shows

One in every 500 people is affected by multiple sclerosis, an auto-immune disease of the central nervous system.

Hunger and obesity are both getting worse around the world due to Covid fallout

A UN reports says almost 690 million people were undernourished last year and Covid could tip as many as 132 million people into chronic hunger by the end of this year.

Why Boris Johnson cares about obesity after his coronavirus infection

The UK PM believes that being overweight was a factor in his contracting a more severe form of Covid-19. The same connection has been borne out in other countries.

Trump is healthy, says White House doctor in report that shows the US President is obese

Donald Trump began the process of receiving his annual physical exam last November, but the White House did not explain why it took six months to complete.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.