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Knowledge Nugget: Lancet Study on Obesity, upsc, health, BMI

Knowledge Nugget: What must you read on 'Obesity' for UPSC exams?

March 11, 2025 10:42 am

Stressing upon the importance of staying fit and mentioning the Lancet Report, PM Narendra Modi termed obesity as the “root cause of many diseases". What are the key highlights of the Lancet Report? Also, learn about the newly proposed measurement of obesity for India.

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Is your artificial sweetener making you hungrier? Why baking cakes with it isn't a good idea

March 05, 2025 12:27 pm

Here’s what you need to know before you fall into the sugar-free trap

Revised obesity guidelines focus on abdominal fat

January 20, 2025 8:47 pm

Newer research highlights the shortcomings of using BMI alone to accurately diagnose obesity, especially for Indians.

Obesity is estimated to affect more than 1 billion people worldwide.

Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts

January 19, 2025 4:23 pm

The report introduces two new diagnostic categories: clinical obesity and pre-clinical obesity.

A report published in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal has called for an overhaul of our understanding of obesity, citing an over-reliance on BMI, which has had the peculiar effect of leading to both underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of the condition.

It's not your BMI, stupid

January 18, 2025 12:37 pm

A report in Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal has called for an overhaul of our understanding of obesity. This is because BMI does not provide a reliable picture of health. Every individual is a unique constellation — not only of genes and other biological variables, but also socio-economic conditions, habits and luck. One diagnosis does not fit all

How measuring belly fat with a tape can help control obesity, diabetes and heart disease

September 15, 2024 1:52 pm

The body roundness index is fast replacing the older body mass index as a better tracker of abdominal obesity

BMI could be explained by genes, study finds

June 29, 2024 5:51 pm

The researchers also found a correlation between the average of the father's and mother's BMI with that of their child and estimated that BMI was 39 per cent heritable.

Study redefines severe obesity, introduces guidelines not based on BMI alone

January 12, 2024 3:40 am

While bariatric surgery is the last resort for those battling obesity, Dr Shashank Shah said it is important to follow the updated bariatric surgery guidelines to determine eligibility for the procedure.

The body mass index can't tell us if we're healthy. Here's what we should use instead

September 11, 2023 5:33 pm

BMI is an internationally recognised screening method for sorting people into one of four weight categories: underweight (BMI less than 18.5), normal weight (18.5 to 24.9), overweight (25.0 to 29.9) or obese (30 or greater).