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Better ways to define obesity emerge ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | For years, the method physicians have used to determine whether a person has obesity is to calculate their BMI — or body mass index. BMI is a quick and inexpensive estimate based on weight and height. But BMI doesn’t provide adequate …

Women with the gene mutation weigh extra 4.6kg and men extra 2.4 kg, according to study ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Obesity isn’t just a matter of food and exercise – it may be in your genetic code, according to new research. “Obesity’s causes are very complex and in the majority of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Nuclear Science, which for years has been associated with bombs and power plants can now be used to tackle obesity. As the world marks obesity day 2024, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it has devised a body composition database that will help …

In many African households, carrying a pot belly is a sign that this person is wealthy and well-fed but that is false | THE INDEPENDENT | One in five adults and one in 10 children and teenagers are projected to be obese by December 2023 in 10 high-burden African countries if …

Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | One in five adults and one in 10 children and teenagers are projected to be obese by December 2023 in 10 high-burden African countries, if no robust measures are taken to reverse the trends, said the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for Africa on Thursday. …

A new model suggests focusing less on how much we eat and more on what we eat | THE INDEPENDENT | The ‘energy balance model’ says weight gain occurs because individuals consume more energy than they expend.  But a new study, scientists are challenging that perspective. The scientists say “conceptualizing …

Istanbul, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey will gradually reduce sugar amounts in foods and beverages to fight the climbing rate of obesity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has altered people’s eating habits. Last week, the Turkish Health Ministry released the Sugar Reduction Guide in order to gradually reduce the amount …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Over 50 percent of Kenyans who have died from COVID-19 have non-communicable diseases (NCD), an official said on Saturday. Rashid Aman, Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Health said that a study revealed that people with pre-existing conditions have high chances of contracting the …

Paris, France | AFP | In the emergency rooms of virus hotspots around the world, medical staff are seeing a greater number of men than women suffering severe symptoms of COVID-19, with obesity emerging as another potentially aggravating factor. But experts are still unsure why. What first began to appear as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation –WHO is calling for a new approach to deal with rapidly changing food systems, which have driven low and middle-income countries into the two extremes of malnutrition– undernutrition and obesity. A new report, published in the British medical science publication …