Anyone who has ever suffered in bed after eating three slices of pizza could surmise there is some relationship between food and sleep quality. Eating a lot of saturated fat and simple carbohydrates made it harder to get deep, restorative sleep.(Pexels) For Marie-Pierre St-Onge, the director of Columbia University’s Center of Excellence for Sleep and…
The sound of dozens of teeth crunching down on apples echoed throughout the halls of Vance Chapman Public School as students helped kick off the Great Big Crunch. “It’s just better for you,” said Grade 8 student Kaloum Craig. “If you keep eating all this junk food you could get overweight too because of all…
During his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges the country to draw focus on the obesity epidemic that is occurring in India currently. He also cites WHO data which said that in the year 2022, around 250 Cr. people were overweight globally. He further encouraged the listeners to reduce their…
Nurture plays a greater role than nature in our risk of a number of major diseases and premature death, according to a new study. Oxford Uni researchers who assessed the influence of 164 environmental factors and genetic risk scores for 22 major diseases found environment explained 17% of the variation in death risk, compared to…
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Around 10:30 p.m. on a Friday in late January, David Fernando, a pharmacist, was working behind a counter at a drugstore in São Paulo when a man walked up to him and flashed a gun. “He asked for money from the register and medications from the refrigerator,” Mr. Fernando said. These days, pharmacists in São…
This time of year, Valentine’s Day spirit is everywhere – from gift boxes and cards to conversation hearts, heart-shaped chocolates and even heart-shaped balloons. While we all have our favorite heart-shaped treat (mine are Reese’s hearts), we should also take some time think about the most important heart – the one in our chests. Since…
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Experts have warned Malaysians that overweight and obesity are not harmless lifestyle conditions, as these chronic diseases are linked to diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and cancer. However, they also stress that obesity is reversible and treatable, which subsequently leads to prevention of obesity-related complications. “Overweight and obesity is a chronic,…
For years, weight loss has been a central focus of health discussions but new research suggests that being in shape is far more important for longevity than being thin. A comprehensive study has found that being out of shape significantly increases the risk of early death—regardless of age or body mass index (BMI). New research…
