Health & Food

Los Angeles, Nov 15: The molecules that you leave on your smartphone can be used to construct your personalised lifestyle 'read-out' - including diet, preferred hygiene products, health status and locations visited, a new study suggests. By sampling the molecules on cell phones, researchers at University of California San Diego in the US were able to construct lifestyle sketches for each phone's...

Nov 14: Getting bullied in school days may increase the risk of obesity in adults. A recent research found that children who are bullied in school are likely to be overweight in their adult age than the non-bullied ones. The study further suggested that children who were chronically bullied in school are 1.7 times overweight as young adults than non-bullied children. Previous research by the team...

Tokyo, Nov 13: Scientists from Japan have developed a wearable medical device that can help diabetic elderly or overweight people to lose fat and treat type 2 diabetes. The device developed by Kumamoto University affects visceral fat loss and improves blood glucose (sugar) by helping overweight or elderly people exercise, which is effective for the treatment of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a...

Washington, Nov 12: According to a new research, child obesity is linked to multiple factors such as mothers smoking in pregnancy, children skipping breakfast and not having a regular bedtime or sufficient sleep. All three issues appear to be important factors in predicting whether a child will become overweight or obese. Since they are early life factors, they can be modified and the research...

Washington, Nov 11: Higher levels of iron in pregnant women may lead to an increased risk of gestational diabetes, a new study has warned. The study by researchers from US National Institutes of Health (NIH) also raises questions about routine recommendations on iron supplementation in pregnancy. Iron is regarded as a double-edged sword in living systems, as both its deficiency and excess can be...

Nov 10: If you exercise before work, or forego fried food for fruits and salads, you can expect brain functions to improve over time, according to a new study. Living a healthier lifestyle could increase executive function, which is the ability to exert self-control, set and meet goals, resist temptation and solve problems, the study said. "People who make a change to their health behaviour, like...

New York, Nov 9: When it comes to better memory skills, the fairer sex seems to score more than men, researchers have found. However, the memory of women tends to fade as the oestrogen -- female sex hormones -- levels decline or as women enter the post-menopause phase. Memory loss is a well-documented consequence of the ageing process. In a study published online in the journal Menopause, the...

London, Nov 8: Deficiency of vitamin B12 in mothers during pregnancy may put their child at greater risk of metabolic problems such as type-2 diabetes, scientists including those of Indian origin have warned. Researchers at University of Warwick in the UK believe that these findings could lead to a review of current vitamin B12 requirements for pregnant women, whether through an improved diet or...

Washington, Nov 6: Eating a very early dinner, or even skipping it, may help you lose weight, a new study has found. The first human test of early time-restricted (eTRF) feeding found that meal-timing strategy reduced swings in hunger and altered fat and carbohydrate burning patterns, which may help with losing weight. In eTRF, people eat their last meal by the mid-afternoon and do not eat again...

Nov 6: Families that eat dinner with the TV on tend to eat less healthy food and to enjoy the meals less than families who leave the TV off, according to a recent U.S. study. This was true even for families that were not paying attention to the TV and only had it on as background noise, the researchers write in the journal Appetite. “Family meals are protective for many aspects of child health,”...