New Delhi: Obesity is not solely determined by genetics but is closely linked to health and lifestyle choices, health experts said on Tuesday, emphasising that it is a serious health issue and not just a cosmetic concern. On the occasion of World Obesity Day, Dr Nikhil Tandon, Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism…
New Delhi Obesity is not solely determined by genetics but is closely linked to health and lifestyle choices, health experts said on Tuesday, emphasising that it is a serious health issue and not just a cosmetic concern. On the occasion of World Obesity Day, Dr Nikhil Tandon, Head of the Department of…
Shimmering blue waters off the coast of Ogliastra, Italy Walk the shores of Ogliastra in Sardinia, an Italian island with crystal-clear waters and pink hillside flowers, and you’ll see families eating fresh fish, people working the land and older couples strolling the hills. You might also see an unusual number of centenarians. This area of…
The study, which analysed data from nearly half a million UK Biobank participants, examined the influence of 164 environmental factors and genetic risk scores for 22 major diseases on ageing, age-related diseases, and premature death. | X @Oxford_NDPH London: A new study led by researchers from Oxford Population Health has shown that a variety of…
Exercise can influence your risk of developing age-related conditions Olja Simovic / Alamy Does your lifestyle play the biggest role in determining your risk of age-related conditions, or does the influence of your genes dominate? Thanks to the largest study of its kind, we now have our most comprehensive view yet of how these two…
New RAND research identifies early predictors of cognitive impairment and dementia using a nationally representative U.S. dataset, highlighting the role of modifiable factors and baseline cognitive health in prevention and intervention strategies. Report: Identifying Early Predictors of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in a Large Nationally Representative U.S. Sample. Image Credit: Orawan Pattarawimonchai / Shutterstock A new report…
Descriptive characteristics of NUTRiMDEA population Participants’ phenotypic characteristics in the NUTRiMDEA study were categorized by sex (female and male) and age (< 40 years and ≥ 40 years), whose data are shown in Tables 1, 2 and 3. Regarding the analysis of factorial interactions between sex and age, significant differences were found in education, home situation, number of…
As people who research ageing like to quip: the best thing you can do to increase how long you live is to pick good parents. After all, it has long been recognised that longer-lived people tend to have longer-lived parents and grandparents, suggesting that genetics influence longevity. What contribution lifestyle versus genetics makes is an…
Who moved their cheese? A pivotal new study that subjected mice to a variety of diets found that genetic factors had a far greater effect on their life span than eating habits. “If you want to live a long time, there are things you can control within your lifetime such as diet, but really what…