Countries need to change their mindset to tackle non-communicable diseases: WHO chief

Countries need to change their present mindset to successfully tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today, adding that governments will need More...

Sixth taste discovered: Fat

New research reveals that there exist six basic tastes which a human tongue can detect; in contrast to the earlier believed presence of five. The recent addition to earlier sweet, sour, salty, bitter and savory More...

Obese to beautiful: A desire for few more years of life!

Jill Knapp, weighed 237 pounds before she finally, began her fight against obesity. The journey from being just another overweight to ending up among the top six contestants of the sixteen amazing women at Mrs. More...

Junk food marketing: affects Childhood Obesity?

Canadian scientists Monique Kent, Lise Dubois and Alissa Wanless conducted a study involving many hundreds of children exposed to different food and beverage advertising policy environments.  The nutritional quality More...