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World Obesity Day 2016: Obesity May Hamper Your Social Life

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Obesity is a major health challenge worldwide. Apart from known health hazards such as heart disease and diabetes, it can also prevent sexual intimacy and may ruin yoursocial life, experts say. India is home to the third-highest number of obese and overweight people, according to recent reports. Obesity is categorised on the basis of BMI, which is defined as the body mass divided by the square of the body height and is universally expressed in units of kg/m2, resulting from mass in kilograms and height in metres. Obesity is often…

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World Obesity Day 2016: This Global Killer is on the Rise in the Developing World

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More people in the world are obese than underweight, with child and adolescent obesity rising rapidly, particularly in developing nations, the United Nations said ahead of the second annual World Obesity Day on Tuesday. Here are some facts about obesity: – Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980. – In 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight. Of these over 600 million, or 13 percent of the global population, were obese. – 3.4 million people die each year due to overweight and obesity. – Obesity is on the…

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Navratri 2016 Special: 8 Reasons Why You Should Eat Singhara, a Native Superfood

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Image Credits: Instagram/thecuriousjalebi This Navratri 2016, eat singhara and reap the benefits. Also known as water chestnut, buffalo nut, bat nut, ling nut or Singhara, it is actually the seed of the fruit of a floating aquatic plant. Singhara is grown in sluggish water or fresh water lakes in India. Come Navratri and one can see cart loads of this fruit being sold along the road side. The fruits are eaten as such or dried and ground to a flour. It is a phalahar and is an integral part of…

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Eid 2016: 6 Tips From a Nutritionist to Stay Healthy This Eid

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Eid ul-Fitr, the most celebrated Muslim festival, is just round the corner with the holy month of Ramadan coming to an end. Eid 2016 is celebrated to mark the end of Ramadan and to welcome the month of Shawwal. This festival is celebrated with great pomp and enthusiasm worldwide, with a range of scrumptious delicacies laid down for a feast. After fasting for a month, it is natural for one to want to indulge into some yummy treats. However, keeping in mind what your body has been subject to, practicing…

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worldwide Yoga Day 2016: The basics of Yogic respiration and the way to master It

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proper on the middle of human lifestyles lies respiratory. We would not exist if we didn’t breathe. one of the most common and primary methods of the human body, the act of respiration, remains wrapped beneath ignorance. This international Yoga Day permit’s get to the core of yogic practice – the significance of respiratory and diverse techniques. breathing influences the sports of every and every cell inside the body and is related to the overall performance of the brain. it is stated that humans breathe about 15 times in line…

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world Blood Donor Day 2016: Step Up & Donate, maintaining those quick hints handy

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Blood donation is considered one of the most important presents you could ever provide a person, and you know what the high-quality part is? You do not even recognise whom you are sharing this fantastic token of health with. What else can be extra selfless than giving out a part of yourself for the well-being of every other? no matter how intimidating the thought of the complete procedure can be, blood donation is an act of absolute virtue. every yr, 14th June marks the once a year global Blood Donor…

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