Basic Instinct

In a simultaneous press release issued on Monday, 26 June 2000, the Human Genome Project, an international government-funded project, and Celera …

Childhood obesity, non-communicable diseases figure prominently at World Health Assembly

Experts say undernutrition in early childhood increases the risk of children becoming obese later in life

Maharashtra CM for Art of Living to check Vidarbha suicides

Living on love and fresh air

Liquid pressure

Book>> WATER THE EPIC STRUGGLE FOR WEALTH, POWER, AND CIVILIZATION • by Steven Solomon • Harper Collins • Rs 580

Darfur pays for its water

In 2006, Slovenian president Janez Drnov?ek sent filmmaker and political activist Tomo Kriznar as a peace envoy to war-torn Darfur. US pressure …

Low and middle income countries have seen greatest rise in obese children between 1990 and 2014: Report

At least 41 million children around the world obese or overweight, it says

Stress in the city

How brain behaves when stress builds up

Push to prevent cancer, strokes

Government wakes up to threat of non-communicable diseases

Family meals mean sound health

Gut factor

Why people in the West are more prone to allergies?

World Health Day: Diabetes, the modern killer

The prevalence of diabetes in adult population has nearly doubled since 1980 rising from 4.7 per cent to 8.5 per cent

Food allergies on the rise

Increase in number of cases reported across the world; prevalence rate in India could be 3 per cent

Prosperity and Beyond

A quarter of a century ago, a jeep driver decided it was time to make a change. Ralegan Siddhi, made into a model village by Anna Hazare, faces …

Urban malady

A Japanese study suggests that city life contributes to premature death

Genes, Dreams and Reality

Don't blame your genes. Environment and lifestyle cause cancer

TB part of urban culture

Chew and spew

The fact that methane is crucially responsible in heating up the earth's atmosphere is well established, but the lesser-known truth is that the …

How much should a person consume?

Book>> How Much Should A Person Consume, Thinking Through The Environment by Ramachandra Guha Permanent Black New Delhi, 2006

‘Tribal philosophy can’t be ignored beyond a point’

At a time when climate change is emerging as a reality, indigenous people are eager to give-up their low-carbon lifestyle and join the bandwagon …

Too cool for comfort

How rising incomes are lowering room temperatures at the cost of energy, health and comfort

Guardians for the future

World Future Council calls for an ombudsperson to secure the environment for future generations

Bytes

Fat? Blame petrol

Book>> The Energy Glut: The Politics of Fatness in an Overheating World • Ian Roberts with Phil Edwards, • Zed Books • £12

Proper diet for children should include eggs to provide good quality proteins

Veena Shatrugna has campaigned vigorously against brahmanical influence on the ‘balanced diet’. She explains the politics of …