Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk’s announcement comes months after launch of another top selling obesity drug Mounjaro in ...

(Reuters) -Eli Lilly said the response for its blockbuster drug Mounjaro has been "positive" in India, adding that it is ...

Countries like Mexico, where childhood obesity is a leading health concern ... commercials featuring Bollywood actors and cartoon characters. In India’s metropolises, large supermarkets still ...

Cartoons exaggerated it to mock politicians ... The numbers on abdominal obesity in India are already troubling. According to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) - which, for ...

Is obesity morphing into the most critical health menace we face in India today? With the prevalence of obesity at 13.85% and abdominal obesity at an alarming 57.71%, the focus shifts to a ...

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and published on Wednesday. The term overweight has been replaced with ...

India has finally introduced updated guidelines to address the country's unique health challenges, after relying on the body mass index (BMI) as a primary measure of obesity for over 15 years.

Rising obesity rates are meanwhile adding to diabetes cases, with India counting 212 million diagnosed adults in 2022. Some Indians dealing with obesity are turning to bariatric surgeries that ...

Obesity is becoming the biggest epidemic in India. The number of people suffering from obesity has increased rapidly in the last few years. A recent report in The Lancet says that every year about ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Obesity among boys and girls in India is likely to see an annual rise of 9.1 percent by 2035, if prevention, treatment, and support do not improve, warned an alarming global ...