Obesity emerges as major health challenge Published 07 Sep, 2026 06:03am LAHORE: With estimated around 38 million Pakistanis are currently living with obesity, health professionals have...
Pharma firms introduce advanced medications to help patients control diabetes, obesity Updated 25 Feb, 2026 05:57am KARACHI: Pharmaceutical firms in Pakistan recently introduced advanced GLP-1- and GIP-based medications for people...
Nearly 34.5m people living with diabetes in Pakistan Published 25 Sep, 2025 07:50am LAHORE: Nearly 34.5 million people are living with diabetes, while around 38 million live with obesity in Pakistan,...
Experts urge awareness, junk food tax to curb obesity, cut health costs Published 25 Jul, 2025 07:38am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan can significantly reduce national health expenditure by controlling obesity by creating ...
Country facing ‘full-blown obesity epidemic’: experts Published 21 Jul, 2025 06:47am LAHORE: Pakistan is facing a full-blown obesity epidemic, with 81% of women and 74% of men now classified as obese,...
Obesity, diet related NCDs on alarming rise in country Published 06 Mar, 2025 07:44am ISLAMABAD: The overweight, obesity and diet related Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are on alarming rise in...
Obesity termed main cause behind various diseases Published 19 Jan, 2025 02:47am LAHORE: Terming obesity as the main cause of various diseases, health professionals said that fat body is a basic...
‘Too hot outside’: Saudis take to walking, jogging in malls Published 26 Oct, 2023 01:23pm RIYADH: The shops have not yet opened, but the air-conditioned concourse of a Riyadh shopping mall is crowded anyway...
Liver disease: what is it and how to prevent it? Published 29 Sep, 2022 08:02pm Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become incredibly rampant in the past decade. NAFLD is the term for a...