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Childhood obesity has now surpassed underweight as the leading form of malnutrition, UNICEF reports. Driven by ultra-processed foods and targeted ads, millions of children are eating more but growing up less healthy—putting them at risk of serious, lifelong illness. Here's what the findings reveal

Ageing is the hidden trigger behind expanding waistlines, says study

Ageing changes how your body works at the cellular level. It increases fat production from the inside out, especially in the belly area. A new research explains why middle-age weight gain is common and harder to reverse.

When weight gain becomes a warning sign: Simple lifestyle changes to reclaim your health

Obesity can lead to serious health problems such as type 2 diabetes by reducing insulin sensitivity, cardiovascular diseases by raising blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and osteoarthritis by adding strain to joints, causing pain and reduced mobility. Here is how making positive lifestyle changes can help.

From appetite regulation to nutrient absorption: 5 ways genetics shape your nutrition and body type

Genetics significantly influence your nutrition, body type, and overall health. By understanding your genetic tendencies, you can make better choices about your diet, exercise, and lifestyle, leading to improved health and a better quality of life. Here’s how.

Independence Day: Set yourself free of extra weight with 5 lifestyle changes

Being overweight can cause more harm than you know. Adopt these simple lifestyle changes to take control of your health and free yourself from obesity.

Obesity runs in families or is it because no one runs in families?

Eleven percent of Indian adults are projected to be obese by 2030. Our health system is not prepared to handle this exponential increase in obesity and its related co-morbidities, and health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of obesity are the need of the hour

Heavy Duty: India is getting fatter and there are economic costs

According to a recent report, more than half the world’s population could be overweight or obese by 2035. The economic impact of this could be as high as $4.32 trillion.

World Obesity Day: Eight tips to reduce weight, control diabetes and fight obesity

March 4 is observed globally as World Obesity Day. Eating healthy carbs, including more fibre in diet, not skipping breakfast, and exercising regularly have become critically important ingredients to include in our daily routines to protect us from the diabesity phenomenon 

Goldman Sachs downgrades India to ‘marketweight’, lowers Nifty target to 9,600 by June 2021

The US-based investment bank has also lowered the Nifty50 target to 9600 for end-June 2021, from 10,800 levels on lower earnings expectations and a lower target multiple of 15.5X.

5 reasons why Nomura downgraded Indian equities to ‘neutral’

Top stocks from Nomura include ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Larsen & Toubro and Dr. Reddy's Lab.

Morgan Stanley stays Overweight on India; ICICI Bank, Gail among top 4 stocks in focus list

Morgan Stanley double upgrades EM from underweight to overweight and downgrade US stocks to underweight.

JP Morgan Cazenove downgrades British equities

"Last week we took profits on our Emerging Markets 'overweight', as it became a consensus long, the US dollar is moving higher, the Fed is coming up and Chinese property tightening is restarting," JP Morgan Cazenove equity strategist Mislav Matejka said in a note.

India on the cusp of recovery in earnings cycle: JPMorgan

Speaking to CNBC-TV18 James Sullivan, Managing Director-Asia Equity Research, JPMorgan, said that in the short-term the Nifty index has moved past their target of 8600.

JPM ups Yes Bank price target, says stock at discount to peers

JP Morgan feels Yes Bank's model of structured lending and aggressive monitoring and recoveries helps it avoid credit losses even when lending to weaker corporates and sectors

Overweight on India stocks on earnings forecasts: Goldman

Indian stocks should offer returns in the low-teens in dollar terms based on expectations of 10-14 percent growth in earnings, Goldman Sachs analysts including Sunil Koul said in a research note.

Overweight FIIs the biggest risk to Indian markets: HSBC

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, HSBC's Head of Equity Strategy Herald Van Der Linde, says the fall in interest rates, relatively better earnings growth and a large exposure to commodity prices is making India a good place to bet on.

ITC up 4% on MS upgrade: Will cigarette revenue improve?

Even with continuing sharp tax increases, rising cigarette volume elasticity and illicit cigarette trade, the brokerage expects ITC to report mid- to high-single-digit EBIT growth in the cigarette business. It firmly believes ITC may have sufficient pricing power to offset cigarette volume declines and register positive earnings growth.

Short-term woes galore, but bullish on India: Ashburton

Despite the pain in the financials sector, Ashburton continues to stay overweight on it apart from industrials and consumer discretionary sector.

JLR's China focus only reason to own Tata Motors: HDFC Sec

While the company is facing a big challenge in terms of its China sales, HDFC Securities' Dipen Sheth believes the company has other things working for itself like its product quality and brand portfolio.

Overweight India, China; FIIs may not reduce exposure: BNP

Raychaudhuri says some volatility can be expected in the short term as there is a tendency for global assets to gravitate towards safer havens in times of turmoil like these.

Indian market expensive, but a better bet than Brazil: CS

Credit Suisse believes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's structural economic reform programme is already bearing fruit and India merits an exclusion from the 'fragile five'.

India favourite emerging market, says CLSA; picks 8 stocks

CLSA has tweaked its model portfolio by upgrading Reliance Industries to ‘neutral‘ from ‘underweight‘ and increased weightage by 2 percentage points

Prefer risk assets; overweight US, India, China: JP Morgan

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Geoff Lewis, executive director, JP Morgan Asset Management shares his pecking order.

Sensex seen 32,500 by Dec 2015; like banks: Morgan Stanley

Indian equities are benefiting from the start of a new growth cycle, a benign global environment resulting in a positive shift in terms of trade and reforms, says Morgan Stanley