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  • Chronic disease is not inevitable or natural, even with age

    Chronic disease is not inevitable or natural, even with age

    Clayton Dalton, Aeon
    · Jan 22, 2017 · 02:30 pm
  • Video: How the world became fatter over 40 years

    Video: How the world became fatter over 40 years

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 28, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • Are high taxes the way ahead to curb consumption of sugary drinks?

    Are high taxes the way ahead to curb consumption of sugary drinks?

    IndiaSpend Team
    · Oct 17, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • In the news: Non-communicable diseases kill most Indians, training quacks in West Bengal and more

    In the news: Non-communicable diseases kill most Indians, training quacks in West Bengal and more

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 10, 2016 · 05:45 am
  • A dietitian puts extreme ‘clean eating’ claims to the test – and the results aren’t pretty

    A dietitian puts extreme ‘clean eating’ claims to the test – and the results aren’t pretty

    Sophie Medlin, The Conversation
    · Sep 18, 2016 · 02:30 pm
  • Lab notes: Why fidgeting is healthy, what links obesity to diabetes and a possible new malaria cure

    Lab notes: Why fidgeting is healthy, what links obesity to diabetes and a possible new malaria cure

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 16, 2016 · 05:45 am
  • Lab notes: Making the TB vaccine better, links between obesity and breast cancer and more

    Lab notes: Making the TB vaccine better, links between obesity and breast cancer and more

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    · Sep 02, 2016 · 05:45 am
  • Denmark’s unsavoury experiment shows us why Kerala’s fat tax may be a healthy idea only in theory

    Denmark’s unsavoury experiment shows us why Kerala’s fat tax may be a healthy idea only in theory

    Mayank Jain
    · Jul 12, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • In charts: Fat tax or not, India’s obesity problem is not restricted to Kerala

    In charts: Fat tax or not, India’s obesity problem is not restricted to Kerala

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 11, 2016 · 01:45 pm
  • Extra kilos among rural poor weighing India down

    Extra kilos among rural poor weighing India down

    Rajan Sarkar and James Levinson, IndiaSpend.com
    · Jun 24, 2016 · 10:30 pm
  • India’s quiet tide of childhood obesity

    India’s quiet tide of childhood obesity

    Kamala Thiagarajan, Indiaspend.com
    · May 07, 2016 · 09:30 pm
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