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Health ministry asks government departments to display details about oil, fats in snacks
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How diabetes and obesity could lead to liver damage
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· Jul 29, 2024 · 10:00 pm
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· May 06, 2024 · 10:00 pm
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· Jan 27, 2024 · 10:00 pm
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· Jun 28, 2023 · 11:30 pm
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· Aug 02, 2022 · 11:30 pm
Red and white wine are better for your waistline and heart than beer and spirits
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· May 15, 2022 · 09:30 pm
A new book by a bariatric surgeon examines how childhood obesity is becoming rampant in urban India
Sanjay Borude
· Mar 29, 2022 · 08:30 am
Wasting children, anaemic women: National Family Health Survey data shows troubling reversals
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· Nov 26, 2021 · 09:00 am
Watch: What happened when a British doctor switched to a diet of ultra-processed food for a month
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· Jun 15, 2021 · 11:21 am
A government survey shows the extent of obesity among Indian children and adolescents
Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend.com
· Oct 18, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Nearly 75% of Indian executives are overweight, all thanks to that super fatty evening snack
Manavi Kapur, qz.com
· Sep 05, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Tilting the scales: Obesity is growing among women and girls in urban India
Swagata Yadavar, HealthCheck.in
· Sep 01, 2019 · 09:30 pm
India simply does not have the resources to deal with the aftermath of childhood obesity
Kamal Kumar Mahawar
· May 18, 2019 · 02:30 pm
Rising food poverty in rich countries is having lifelong effects on children
Chris Baraniuk, Mosaic
· Apr 14, 2019 · 02:30 pm
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· Mar 15, 2019 · 09:30 pm
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