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Understanding Obesity: A guide to evaluate your weight

Obesity is a disorder involving excessive body fat that increases the risk of health problems. Obesity and adolescence is not amenable to a single easily modified factor. Biological, cultural and environmental factors such as readily available high-density food choices impact youth eating behaviours. Media devices and associated screen time makes physical activity a less optimal choice for children and adolescents. …

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COLORECTAL CANCER: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Colorectal cancer is the fifth-most common cancer in India.  It refers to cancer of large intestine. Usual age of development of this cancer is sixty years and above. However, in developing countries including India there has been an increase in incidence among younger people. Current literature suggests that most of the patients diagnosed under the age of 50 are symptomatic …

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Is Santa real?

Christmas is the time for gifts, cookies, decorations, and lots more interesting and fun stuff. And of course, there’s Santa to add some extra excitement to the celebrations. Santa is loved and adored by kids and they almost wait the entire year for his arrival. Even as kids are fascinated by Santa, many kids are curious and may want to …

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Most Common Causes of Obesity

The modern epidemic of obesity is a complex disease involving an excessive amount of body fat. The consequences can be seen not only on the outside but also internally – such as high blood pressure and diabetes that result from having too much abdominal adipose tissue. Many people struggle with losing weight; it’s usually due to inherited physiological factors like …

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Trendy earring styles to scale up every outfit

Most guys find jewelry perplexing, and it’s simple to see why. With decades of limited products in the market, the word “male jewelry” has a negative connotation. But with androgynous styles coming to the forefront of fashion, earrings for men are not as uncommon.  So here we have listed ways to style earrings for men. No matter who you are, …

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How can excessive vitamin and mineral consumption lead to health issues?

Today, packaged water bottles are souped-up with vitamins and minerals, lest considering the packaged juices available in the market. This might seem like a favourable option that will help maintain your vitamins and minerals level in your body. However, sometimes the overloading of these essential vitamins and minerals could prove to be harmful to your body. The intake of too …

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Haunted hotels in the U.S that you should definitely take a peek into

Halloween is around the corner and it’s setting up the mood for some scares and horror. The bravest among us might want to take an adventurous vacation to some spots that only the courageous have dared to go. To add in some hotels in your list of the scariest places, we’ve prepared a list of haunted hotels in the US …

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Obstructed Defecation Syndrome: Causes, symptoms, and lifestyle modifications to tackle it

By: Dr. Dilip Bhosale General Surgeon at Apollo Spectra Mumbai Are you aware of obstructed defecation syndrome? No? Then, here we brief you about it in the below article. “I wish that being famous helped prevent me from being constipated,” stated Marvin Gaye. Going to the toilet is our daily routine human experience. But, occasionally constipation strikes, and that causes …

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Which Countries Allow Child Marriages?

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Globally, the rules for marriage age of men and women vary based on the country or region. On an average, the permissible age of marriage for men and women is 18 years. Looking at the extreme ends, there are countries with legal marriage age of 16+ and 19+. At the lower end, there are countries that do not have minimum …

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Recipe – CHRISTMAS CAKE

Bring in Christmas any time you want with this classic sugary treat. Made with crunchy and tangy Del Monte Cranberries this cake is the perfect dessert. PREPARATION TIME 45 MINUTES COOK TIME 60 MINUTES QUANTITY INGREDIENT 150 gm Del Monte dried cranberries 200 grams Del Monte Pitted Prunes 150 g raisins 1 lemon (juice & zest) 2 tbsp Orange Zest …

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