Epidemic

With little or no options to eat out, the trend of eating home-cooked food is clearly growing. Here are the top 5 ways that Coronavirus epidemic will impact our eating habits

The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. Mass media campaigns, graphic warnings and alternative crop options for tobacco growers can help stop or reduce the estimated ...

Figures suggesting condition could become an epidemic are out of date, with numbers of patients stabilising across western Europe, say experts.

High blood pressure in China has risen from 7.7 percent of the population in 1979 to 33.5 percent in 2010.

Healthy city design and planning in densely populated countries like India can reduce growing epidemics, injuries and non-communicable (NCD) diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, finds a new study.

Nearly three-quarters of Mexican adults are overweight or obese and their numbers have slightly increased in the past four years despite government programs to fight the epidemic, a government survey showed Thursday.

A daily cup of latte coffee can add around 4.5 kg (10 pounds) to your weight a year, British experts have warned.The boom in high-street coffee shops is helping fuel the obesity epidemic in Britain, ...

New York City has passed the first US ban on large-size sodas and other sugary drinks sold in restaurants and other eateries in a measure to fight what is called the "obesity epidemic".An eight-member New ...

High salt levels in cheese may be fueling an epidemic of high blood pressure (BP) linked to strokes, heart attacks and thousands of premature deaths, claims a group that works towards greater awareness of the ...

Cutting down on sugar should be part of a global strategy to tackle the obesity epidemic, says a study commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO).The finding is based on an analysis of 8,000 trials ...