India’s first obesity clinic for adolescents opens in city : thehindu

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India's first obesity clinic for adolescents opens in city

India's first obesity clinic for adolescents opens in city

The country's first obesity clinic to treat rising cases among adolescents was inaugurated in the city on Sunday by Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.The clinic at Surya Hospital was started after a recent survey in Pune and Mumbai found that 18 per cent of school-going children suffer from obesity, 32 per cent are overweight and 52 per cent are potential diabetics.According to the hospital, the clinic will be a one-stop solution for obesity and metabolic diseases.


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India's first obesity clinic for adolescents opens in Mumbai

India's first obesity clinic for adolescents opens in Mumbai

According to (IASO) and (IOTF), 200 million school children are either overweight or obese.According to (IASO) and (IOTF), 200 million school children are either overweight or obese.The country's first obesity clinic, dedicated to treating rising cases among adolescents, was inaugurated recently.


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Brown fat research opens up possibility of obesity tablets

Brown fat research opens up possibility of obesity tablets

It's part of a growing field of research looking at how disruption to the body clock caused by lifestyle changes such as increased light exposure, shift work and plentiful food is contributing to problems including obesity and diabetes, and whether manipulating our internal timing could offer possible treatments.The aCROBAT project, funded by the EU's European Research Council, is looking at how the body clock controls brown fat – a tissue that burns calories and uses up glucose from the blood to produce heat and dissipate energy in the body.The power of brown fat is tightly under the control of the body clock.