12 February 2021 Researchers testing diabetes medication say it has had weight loss effects in obese people that were hitherto only possible through surgical intervention. The experimental treatment involves intravenously administering a weekly dose of a drug called semaglutide, typically used ...
07 January 2019| 30 Rabi ul Aakhir 1440| Gulf News Pakistan’s flag carrier PIA has asked some of its cabin crew with “excess weight” to shed some kilos within six months or risk being grounded, in a bid to make ...
07 November 2018| 28 Safar 1440| Zahir Bassa Coming from a childhood, where I was obese as a teenager, I always knew that I was not meant to be that way. I didn’t understand the concept of diet or training ...
07 August 2018|24 Dhul Qa’dha 1439|Al Arabiya Restaurants and cafes will now have to display calories on the menus of meals provided by them by the end of 2018, according to an initiative launched by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority ...
Cii Radio| Sabera Sheik Essop| 13 October 2016| 11 Muharram 1438 On World Obesity Day (11 October) experts warned of an emerging epidemic among our nation’s children. But why is it that girls, especially those living in urban areas, have obesity ...
