Obesity

News Desk United Nations: More than one in four children under the age of five globally live in “severe” food poverty, according to a recent UNICEF report. This alarming statistic underscores the urgent need for action to address the…

Fakhar-e-Alam Peshawar: Unaware that the excessive pocket money regularly given to his granddaughter for school would lead to her hospitalization due to consuming unhealthy junk food, Riazul Haq rushed Anaya Bibi to the operating theater…

News Desk Islamabad: Recent research has shed light on two significant risk factors contributing to the rise in stroke cases among young individuals: excessive painkiller use and obesity. Published in the Morbidity and Mortality…

APP United Nations: At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, citing a newly released global medical study. That's one billion people who lived with the disease…

SPA/APP Riyadh: The Minister of Health, Fahd bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel, has received the Guinness World Records certificate after the Diabeter Centre, specialised in treating Type 1 diabetes patients in Al-Ahsa, achieved the record for…

APP Islamabad: Health experts revealed that more than 33 million people in Pakistan are suffering from diabetes, out of which 25 per cent do not even know that they have fall prey of this disease Every fourth person in Pakistan is…

Asmat Shah Garwaki Peshawar: As many as 5.4 million school-aged children in Pakistan would be obese by 2030 if the unchecked sale and manufacturing of unsafe food, including chips and snacks, continued at such a high rate in markets,…

News Desk Islamabad: If you are concerned about your health and are also fond of eating at restaurants, you will be happy to know that all restaurants in Pakistan will now have ‘Calorie Count’ written next to the menu item. Everyone…

APP Islamabad: Quality sleep is essential for overall good health as a lack of sleep has been associated with obesity, Type 2 diabetes, poor mental health, accidents while driving, attention or behaviour problems, and poor school …

Peshawar: Unaware of being a victim of chronic kidney disease (CKD) for the last three years, 45-year-old Alam Khan was rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) by his brothers after complaining about severe pain in his right kidney. On…