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Tougher food marketing needed to cut obesity: WHOThe marketing of unhealthy foods to children has proven "disastrously effective", driving obesity by using cheap social media channels to promote fat-, salt- and sugar-laden foods, the World Health Organisation's Europe office said More… |
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Child obesity a major issue in poor states: WHOMany low-income countries are neglecting overweight as a major health threat and lack policies to halt the growing burden of diseases due to the rise of obesity, according to new information released by WHO. More than 75 per cent More… |
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Obesity fight: Bariatic or bacteriaThe logic behind weight-loss surgery seems simple: rearrange the digestive tract so the stomach can hold less food and the food bypasses part of the small intestine, allowing fewer of a meal's calories to be absorbed. Bye-b More… |
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Dubai doctor performs scar-free weight loss opA Dubai-based doctor has become the first locally to perform the scar-free, non-invasive procedure from California's USGI Medical designed to help patients reduce hunger and feel full sooner. Doctor Tarek Saleh has performed t More… |
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SHOCKING: Food industry undermines health policyMultinational food, drink and alcohol companies are using strategies similar to those employed by the tobacco industry to undermine public health policies, health experts said on Tuesday. More… |
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Obesity 'bigger killer than hunger'Obesity is a bigger health crisis globally than hunger, and the leading cause of disabilities around the world, according to a new report published in the British medical journal The Lancet. Nearly 500 researchers from 50 countrie More… |
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High blood pressure ‘silent killer’High blood pressure is known as the silent killer and it poses among the greatest health risks because most people remain unaware that they have this condition until it is too late, said an expert. Dr Mark Pecker, an international More… |
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Simple formula can predict obesity risk at birthA simple assessment can predict at birth a baby's likelihood of becoming obese during childhood, scientists said on Wednesday. The formula, available as an online calculator, estimates the child's obesity risk based on its More… |
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Burjeel to set up gastroenterology centreBurjeel Hospital, a premier private healthcare facility in Abu Dhabi, is setting up a centre of excellence in gastroenterology under the guidance of a world renowned gastroenterologist. Prof Dr Jacques Deviere is the chairman of t More… |
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US obesity rates set to bulgeIf Americans stick to their eating and exercise habits, future historians will look back on the early 21st century as a golden age of svelte. The latest in a long string of reports on the obesit More… |
