Half World Overweight by 2035
A global study presented to the UN predicts that more than half the world’s population will be classed as overweight or obese within 12 years if prevention, treatment and support do not improve. Compiled and published by the World Obesity Federation the report predicts more than 4 million people will be affected, with rates rising […]
One Size Does Not Fit All
A Chinese University of Hong Kong study, led by former Hong Kong health Minister, Professor Yeoh Eng-Kiong, calls for different approaches to different groups to improve the health of ethnic minority groups, and the poor. The study found higher levels of obesity and related health problems among Hong Kong’s South Asian community and is calling […]
Half of 20 year-olds in India’s Cities Likely to Develop Diabetes!!!!!
In a month when the headlines suggested half of the population of India will have been infected with COVID 19 by February 2021 (link to a report below), the news that half of all 20 year-olds in India’s metropolitan areas could develop diabetes was somewhat overlooked. The growth of cities on the Indian Sub-Continent has […]