For many parents, the idea of children living to 100 feels natural in an age of modern medicine and improved healthcare. Vaccines, advanced treatments, and better nutrition have raised expectations that the next generation will live much longer than the last. However, recent evidence suggests this is not as certain as many believe.A large analysis…
Last Updated:September 07, 2025, 08:58 IST With September marked as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, it is important to consider modern lifestyles, their impact on children’s health, and what families can do Childhood obesity is preventable. Through creating balance with screen time, encouraging physical activity, and making healthier food choices, families and communities can help…
Last Updated:September 06, 2025, 18:45 IST In 2020, approximately 33 million Indian children were living with overweight or obesity, representing about 9% of all children under 20. That could go up to 83 million by 2035 80% of these children remain obese into adulthood, making early onset diabetes and heart disease almost inevitable. ‘I’ve observed…
Last Updated:July 14, 2025, 20:59 IST Obesity and lifestyle diseases are creeping in at younger ages, fuelled by exactly the kind of diet that puts samosa and jalebi at the centre Samosas and jalebis are being flagged as part of a public health threat If jalebis and samosas are your go-to evening snack, health experts…
More and more children are getting obese these days. Unlike a few decades back, when children used to spend a lot of time outdoors playing, running or even walking to school, kids these days are more or less limited to the air conditioned confines of their home. Couple this with junk food, and long screen…
Last Updated:May 30, 2025, 17:01 IST An AIIMS study, backed by ICMR, found rising obesity and metabolic disorders among Delhi’s school children, with private school students at 5-times higher risk The AIIMS study highlighted need for better diet and more physical activity among the obese students. (Representational Image: PTI) In a troubling revelation that has…
