India: A recent study reveals a startling metabolic crisis where 43.3 percent of adults in India are metabolically compromised despite a non-obese body weight, compelling a critical shift from ...

New data reveals rising abdominal obesity in India, with visceral fat increasing risks of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) has its place, yet understanding its accuracy requires cultural, biological, and medical context.

Obesity is no longer a lifestyle disease, but a major driving force behind chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension ...

According to the World Health Organisation, Japan's adult obesity rate is around 4 to 5 percent. India's official obesity rate is still lower than some Western countries, but urban India is witnessing ...

India’s obesity rates are predicted to rise substantially and by 2050, it is estimated that 17.4% of women and 12.1% of men will be living with it, s ...

Excess body fat impairs immune responses, promotes chronic inflammation, and restricts lung expansion. As a result, ...

New Delhi: Early identification and timely intervention are crucial to addressing India’s growing obesity burden, experts said at The Obesity Conclave 2026, organised by The Obesity Society (TOS), a ...

‘‘Indians are like the canaries that miners carried into those coal mines to predict disasters. We may start dropping first, but everyone else is going to follow, even the white man.'' I remember ...

Background: In populations predisposed to cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and visceral obesity, use of additional measurements of waist girth and waist/hip ratio (WHR) can help define risk ...