World Obesity Day 2024: Fasting and obesity prevention
4 March 2024, Cairo, Egypt – Today, World Obesity Day 2024, is a chance to highlight the need to talk about obesity and youth. Obesity is a major health issue in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. More than half of women (53%), nearly half of men (45%) and an alarming 8% of school-aged children and adolescents are obese, while 20.5% are overweight.
If no action is taken to address obesity, these figures are expected to rise.
World Obesity Day this year coincides with the holy month of Ramadan. The daily fasting period, from dawn to sunset, offers a structured way to reset one’s relationship with food. It’s a cha...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 3, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
'I'm a pharmacist - stick to this one diet to ease painful arthritis'
The expert advised cutting out some popular foods from your diet that are known to worsen inflammation. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This diet swap can cut your carbon footprint and boost longevity
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Source: NPR Health and Science - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Allison Aubrey Source Type: news
Five 'simple yet effective' tips to boost your longevity - no huge lifestyle changes
An expert has outlined five small changes that could add some years to your lifespan - and none of them are diet-related. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mary Trump reveals what keeps Donald Trump up at night
Mary Trump, the estranged niece of Donald Trump, said on Saturday that the former president is kept awake at night by "a lot of Diet Coke" and concerns over holding onto his reputation. Speaking with CNN on Saturday morning, Mary Trump discussed how her uncle's ongoing legal battles are weighing…#marytrump #donaldtrump #dietcoke #letitiajames #trumporganization #trump #arthurengoron #alinahabba (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
You Are What You Eat? How Diet Boosts Brain Health
New research explores the link between dietary restriction and cognitive health. The findings suggest a gene called OXR1 may be behind the brain boost. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
Yogurt Can Now Claim It May Reduce the Risk of Diabetes
Yogurt sold in the U.S. can make claims that the food may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, based on limited evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
The agency agreed that there is some evidence, but not significant scientific agreement, that eating at least 2 cups of yogurt per week may reduce the chance of developing the disease that affects about 36 million Americans.
FDA has allowed qualified health claims—a claim that lacks full scientific support but is allowed as long as there are disclaimers to keep from misleading consumers—for dietary supplements since 2000 and foods since...
Source: TIME: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JONEL ALECCIA/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Research suggests diet plan may reduce biological age by 11 years
A University of Southern California (USC) study has suggested that a "fasting-mimicking" diet may reduce biological age by 11 years. The study, which was led by the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and peer-reviewed, was published on February 20 by Nature Communications, a scientific…#usc #naturecommunications #fmd #bethnewcomb #myeloid #davebridges #universityofmichigan #schoolofpublicheath #lisaryoung #newyorkuniversity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
After nearly a decade, Oprah Winfrey is set to depart the board of WeightWatchers
Oprah Winfrey plans on leaving WeightWatchers' board of directors after nearly a decade, amid the diet company's waning profits and public support. WW International, Inc., announced on Wednesday that the billionaire…#oprahwinfrey #weightwatchers #wwinternationalinc #simasistani #ozempicandwegovy #thilosemmelbauer #winfrey #weightwatchersclinic #ww #sequence (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study: Healthy Plant-Based Diets Don't Raise Hip Fracture Risk Study: Healthy Plant-Based Diets Don't Raise Hip Fracture Risk
A new analysis of the Nurses ' Health Study found fewer hip fractures in women who ate more nuts, legumes, and other healthy plant foods, but the findings were not conclusive.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
Inside the daily 8,000-calorie diet of Game of Thrones 'The Mountain' actor and World's Strongest Man that consists of 'a lot of f***ing electrolytes', four steaks and 5 POUNDS of rice
Hafthor Bjornsson, 35, has revealed his 8,000 calories a day diet - which involves six meals, four steaks a day, two pints of milk and 5lbs of rice. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UK is 'sick man of Europe' because of its addiction to ultraprocessed foods, claims top dietitian Tim Spector as he likens dangers of 'hyper-palatable' junk to passive smoking
Professor Tim Spector called for compulsory warning labels for food packaging as he said Brits' diet of poor quality food, is making them overeat and is fuelling diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Revealed: Britain and US eat more ultra-processed foods than anywhere else in world, with junk like cakes, sweets and biscuits making up almost 60 PER CENT of an adult's average diet
Data shows the UK consumes more ultra processed foods (UPFs) - a category that includes cakes, sweets and biscuits - than anywhere else in Europe. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diet of Solid Fats, Refined Grains, and Cheese Tied to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
THURSDAY, Feb. 29, 2024 -- A dietary pattern of solid fats, refined grains, and cheese is associated with increased odds of any hypertensive disorder of pregnancy and preeclampsia, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in the Journal of the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Six easy ways to cut UPFs from your diet, according to top experts
There are a few simple tricks to cut UPFs from your diet from checking ingredients to whipping up your own takeaways, says Rob Hobson, registered nutritionist and author of Unprocess Your Life. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
