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56% of Indian families report Digestive Health issues, reveals survey
The study was conducted amongst 538 mothers, aged 25-45 years across Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai. This sample constituted working mothers, including businesswomen, entrepreneurs, those employed, and home-makers alike.
The evolving behaviour of daters amidst the pandemic
Dating is well and alive! However, there has been much development around how people want to date (real world or virtual), intimacy in the current situation, dating options in the current situation and so on. India's leading dating platform QuackQuack has shared some key insights into daters' behaviour during uncertain times.
Waking just one hour earlier cuts depression risk
The study indicates that if someone who normally goes to bed at 1 a.m. goes to bed at midnight instead and sleeps the same duration, they could cut their risk by 23 per cent; if they go to bed at 11 p.m., they could cut it by about 40 per cent. "We found that even one-hour earlier sleep timing is associated with significantly lower risk of depression"
Top Indian Wine Makers
The sector witnessed significant consolidation within the last decade wherein larger wineries business houses acquired small players in different states to optimise the taxation and overcome differential taxation policy among states.
Are Body Mass Index and Bile Duct Stones linked?
Moreover, consumption of ultra-processed food items, fast-food restaurant meals, soft drinks, and industrially processed convenience food with salt, sugar, fat, and additives lead to obesity. Besides having an adverse impact on respiratory and cardiac problems, obesity is a major risk factor for stone formation in the body.
Not true that people don't understand, enjoy Carnatic music: Kishore Ramesh
In 2019, he was awarded 'A grade' for Mridangam from All India Radio, Chennai, and has already won several fellowships and awards, along with carving a niche as a young Carnatic performer. Performing for a 'Baithak' series concert on May 28, Ramesh speaks to IANSlife about his practice:
Hone your chef skills by logging into these 5 platforms
Check out these 5 platforms which can help refine your chef skills:
Your Food Lab
After being a Food Producer for MasterChef India, Mumbai-based Sanjyot Keer started Your Food Lab in 2016 which has garnered millions of views on the internet.
Mahika Sharma: Menstrual hygiene should be prioritised amid Covid lockdown
People living in poverty-stricken areas already face barriers to obtaining health supplies and related health services. Covid-19 lockdowns have escalated this issue and economic disruptions in several countries have led to women losing access to menstrual hygiene products, including sanitary pads and tampons, menstrual cups, reusable napkins, pain medication and soap.
Warning labels on junk food must to curb childhood obesity in India
"Food labels should provide clear guidance... Simple to understand labels with evidence based nutrition cut-off is a need of the hour and will go a long way to address the crisis of childhood obesity in the country," said Umesh Kapil, Professor, Clinical Epidemiology, Indian Institute of Biliary Sciences.
On Menstrual Hygiene Day, celebrities spread awareness on safe periods
Many times, a lack of education, age-old taboos and stigmas and limited or no access to hygienic menstrual products can lead to women practicing poor menstrual hygiene during their period. When girls and women apply poor menstrual hygiene, they are more conducive to infections such as that of the reproductive tract, urinary tract, Hepatitis B and more.
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