Dietary guidelines for India 2024
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently revised the dietary guidelines for Indians to provide healthier diet and lifestyle recommendations, ensuring dietary and nutritional requirements
Child Health
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Children in India 2018: a statistical appraisal
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, has come out with a publication, "Children in India 2018 - A Statistical Appraisal", to provide suitable statistics for informed
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Review of health data in selected ODF and non-ODF districts under the SBM
This was a preliminary observational study which aimed to examine whether there are any early observed differences in the health outcomes of the children from the selected ODF villages vis-à-vis. the selected
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Clean-air campaigners call for ban on school run to cut pollution
Clean-air campaigners have written to the government calling for a ban on parents driving their children to school in an attempt to cut down on toxic levels of air pollution. Environmental groups and
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Hypertension is catching us younger, leading to early onset of ailments: survey
Rising obesity in young people is causing lifestyle diseases; 24% of them suffer from or are suspected to show symptoms of blood pressure fluctuations “Hypertension [HTN], also known as high blood pressure
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Hypertension doesn’t spare even kids now
HYDERABAD: In an alarming trend, cases of hypertension among children is found to be on a rapid rise in the city. This was recently ascertained through a preventive medical screening test conducted by
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Parents shrug it off, kids eat their way to obesity
Owing to lack of awareness regarding obesity disorders among parents, a number of children are getting detected through ‘incidental diagnosis’ at hospitals in the city. Doctors said it was a disturbing
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Mozambique: Vaccination Campaign Reachs Almost 100 Per Cent of Target
Maputo — The Mozambican Health Ministry vaccinated almost seven million children against measles and rubeola (also known as German measles) in April, according to a report in Monday's issue of the Maputo
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Efficacy of a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate in a maternal immunization model
<p>Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis in infants. Maternal immunization is an option to increase maternal antibody levels and protect infants from infection. Here
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Three food basket regions face malnutrition
Speaking during a workshop this week in Morogoro, Mkuranga District Council Nutrition Officer, Ms Sophia Boniface, said the 2015/16 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) showed that prevalence
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In-womb air pollution exposure associated with higher blood pressure in childhood
DALLAS, May 14, 2018 - Children who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution during the third trimester of their mother's pregnancy had a higher risk of elevated blood pressure in childhood, according