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Teens less likely to purchase beverages with health warning labels

September 9, 2016 Srijitabeverages:, Health, labels, Less, Likely, purchase, teens, to, warning, With

Soft drinks and other sugary drinks that include health warning labels are less likely to be purchased by teenagers, a study has found. In the study, researchers used an online survey to gauge the beverage selections of more than 2,000 participants aged 12-18 and from diverse backgrounds. The beverages included either no label at all, or one of five warning labels — one featuring calorie content, and four displaying a variation of warning text. “The average teen consumes at least one sugar-sweetened beverage every day, which could account for more…

Babies Born With Low Birth Weight May Be Less Active Later in Life

September 6, 2016 SrijitaActive, Babies, be, birth, Born, In, Later, Less, Life, Low, May, Weight, With

Babies born with a low birth weight are less likely to be good at sports at school, or to engage in exercise later in life, according to a recent study. The findings showed that those with a low birth weight were less likely to take part in exercise and sports across adulthood, from 36 to 68 years. Although previous studies have shown that a low birth weight can affect sporting ability and exercise levels at a younger age, however, this is the first study that has revealed how low birth relates…

Sleeping too much or too less? You may be at stroke risk

August 12, 2016 Srijitaat, be, Less, May, much, or, Risk, sleeping, Stroke, Too, You

Sleeping too much or too less? You may be at stroke risk (Miguel Sanz/Getty Images) Growing evidence has indicated that sleep disorders are highly prevalent in stroke patients, according to a recent literature review. Both insomnia and oversleeping are risk factors as well as consequences of stroke and may affect the patient’s recovery and recurrence of disease. The review is published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The authors of the review have recommended that people who have had a stroke…

‘Less than 20% succeed in managing diabetes despite availability of drugs’

July 14, 2016 Srijita20, availability, despite, Diabetes, drugs, In, Less, managing, of, succeed, Than

Less than 20% of diabetes patients in India are able to maintain a desired blood sugar profile, cholesterol and blood pressure, despite availability of medicines for all three disorders, findings of a comprehensive scientific study evaluating diabetes management shows. Highlighting the need for improvement in care delivery at clinical level, the study pegs India’s diabetes population at 70 million the second highest worldwide after China. Globally, 415 million people are suffering from diabetes, of which 75% are living in low and middle income countries. The trials, led by researchers from…

Thumb-sucking and nail-biting kids have less allergies

July 13, 2016 SrijitaAllergies, and, Have, Kids, Less, nail-biting, Thumb-sucking

NEW DELHI: Children who suck thumbs or keep biting their nails get scolded a lot for these bad habits. But new research has found that there is a positive side to these habits. Such children are less likely to develop common allergies to house dust mites, grass, cats, dogs, horses or airborne fungi. Children who have both habits are even less likely to have these allergies. The research, published in the journal of Pediatrics today, was completed by researchers of New Zealand’s Dunedin School of Medicine, assisted by professor Malcolm…

Human beings devour less while carrying ‘bite counters’

July 5, 2016 Srijitabeings, carrying, counters’, devour, human, Less, While, ‘bite

People who put on “chunk counters” on their wrists at the same time as ingesting have a tendency to cut down on how an awful lot they devour throughout a meal, a take a look at indicates. Numerous years ago, Eric Muth and associates at Clemson College in South Carolina developed a manner to track how plenty People consume primarily based on their wrist movement. Muth instructed Reuters Health by using e mail that self-tracking is important when looking to meet Health goals. “We need to remember the fact that…