Why gynaecological cancers are rising among young Indian women
The rise is particularly of concern among younger women, and calls for greater awareness and early screening.
The rise is particularly of concern among younger women, and calls for greater awareness and early screening.
The team assessed the level of implementation of these policies and identified priority actions for the primary prevention of diet-related NCDs.
The study by Cancer Mukt Bharat Foundation, a Delhi-based non-profit, showed that 60 per cent below 40 cancer patients were men, while 40 per cent were women.
A recent report by the UN declared that in the present global landscape, obesity has transformed into an epidemic condition, with one in every eight individuals now obese.
If you think you can compensate for your night’s sleep during the daytime you may be wrong, said Dr. Sudhir Kumar, a Hyderabad-based neurologist on Wednesday.
Researchers claim that obesity is commonly studied as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular morbidities.
Over an average follow-up of 12 years, 17,617 participants were diagnosed with alcohol-related cancer and 20,214 developed obesity-related cancer.
Vaccines against influenza, hepatitis B and rabies, have also shown reduced responses in people with obesity, said researchers from Istanbul University in Turkey.
Today, an estimated 1 in 5 school-age children are considered obese. When compared to children of the same sex and height, obese children rank in the 95th percentile or above. Many factors contribute to this epidemic such as genetics, unhealthy habits, lack of physical activity, and environmental difficulties.
Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Association with the Institute of Child health of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital carried out a sample survey to quantify the magnitude of rising obesity during this ongoing pandemic.
