Eating healthy is fairly simple if we focus on the basic food groups on our plate and not chase fad diets and supplements. Here’s a basic guide Nutrition is one leg of our journey to…
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Sharp increase in diabetes, other lifestyle diseases in India
New Delhi: As India registered an increase in lifestyle diseases including diabetes and thyroid, a new report suggests that women are unhealthier than men, and Chandigarh is the healthiest city while Kolkata unhealthiest city for the…
Changes in lifestyle, alcohol to blame for rising gastro diseases, says expert
Chandigarh: Gastrointestinal diseases are ever-increasing due to changes in lifestyle and also due to societal problems such as high prevalence of alcohol and drug abuse in the region. This was stated by Prof Rakesh Kochhar,…
‘Non-communicable diseases are on rise, unhealthy lifestyle is bane of Chandigarh’
Chandigarh has sufficient quality healthcare facilities for its citizen. However, more than 60 per cent patients in city’s hospitals come from outside Chandigarh. Dr B S Chavan, Director Principal of Government Medical College and Hospital…
Lifestyle diseases biggest killers: CSE
Experts say foods high in salt, sugar and fat are leading to rise in such ailments Unless environmental risk factors are acknowledged and dealt with, India will not be able to curb Non Communicable diseases…
Diseases of a lifestyle: the transition to avoid
n June 2017, British medical journal Lancet published a review of the prevalence of diabetes in 15 states of India. This study by a group of medical practitioners, funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR),…
Indians more prone to lifestyle diseases
That chubby children are healthy children: This popular misconception that prevails in Indian society. Rising incomes, the advent of nuclear families with working parents and the increased availability processed foods are giving rise to a…
Here’s Why Indians are More Prone to Lifestyle Diseases like Diabetes
Indians are predisposed to certain lifestyle diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes and now even obesity. Think about it and you will realize that just in your extended family you will know people who suffer…