Sugar-sweetened beverage tax could curb obesity and diabetes in India
Washington – A sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax can help reduce the rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes rates in India, a new study has suggested. Sanjay Basu and colleagues, from Stanford University, USA, estimated that a 20 per cent SSB tax across India could avert 11.2 million cases of... read more »
Simple steps on how to live longer revealed
London – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued four “golden rules”, which state regular exercising while cutting on drinking, smoking and eating should make people fitter and slimmer permanently. Professor Mike Kelly, director of the centre of public health... read more »
`Vitamin D may not offer protection against cancer, diabetes and dementia`
Washington – Researchers have cast doubt on vitamin D’s ability to offer us protection against diseases like cancer, diabetes and dementia. According to French researchers, low vitamin D levels don’t cause ill health. Recent evidence has come to light that shows that it may play a part in... read more »
Higher vitamin D levels in pregnancy may result in stronger babies
Washington – Researchers have suggested that babies are likely to have stronger muscles if their mothers had a higher level of vitamin D in their body while they are pregnant. In the research vitamin D levels were measured in 678 mothers in the later stages of pregnancy. When the children... read more »
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