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