Calcium and vitamin D from food sources, like dairy, leafy green, and fortified foods, will help in cementing the bones Osteoporosis has caught up with India because of malnutrition, low intake of calcium, and limited exposure to the sun, which leads to a deficiency of vitamin D Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to …
Nutrition should be a fundamental right accessible to everyone regardless of where they live or how much they earn. However, a recent report paints a grim picture of India’s food landscape, where a significant portion of the population is forced to compromise their health for affordability. According to the Global food policy report 2024: Food …
03 Jun 2024 — The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has released its 2024 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR), which underscores the importance of transforming complex global food systems to foster sustainable, healthy diets across all demographics. The report aims to be a beacon of practical information amid growing challenges of …
At least one billion people in the world are now living with obesity, according to findings of a study published in The Lancet last week, adding obesity rates among children and adolescents worldwide increased four times from 1990 to 2022, while obesity rates among adults have more than doubled. PREMIUM Obesity rates in the country …
Excessive body weight causes multiple adverse health outcomes, as does being underweight. These range from emotional to social to physical health. Study: Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Image Credit: Jakub Cejpek/Shutterstock.com As a result, nutritional and …
India has seen a steady increase in obesity levels — not only in adults but children too — over the last 32 years. At the same time, the prevalence of undernutrition has also remained high in the country. As a result, India has become one of the countries with a high “double burden,” according to …
The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion, according to a global analysis published in The Lancet journal. These trends, together with the declining prevalence of people who are underweight since 1990, make obesity the most common form of malnutrition in most countries, the researchers said. The …