What drives human lifespan: genetics or lifestyle?
A new BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine study indicates both, but impact of favorable lifestyle is big
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Prof. K. Srinath Reddy I Health On A Hot Planet. A study of 266 studies worldwide, published in 2022, revealed that heat waves were associated with a 11.7 per cent increase in mortality. The highest specific risk was for stroke and coronary heart disease.
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India NFHS data show that lower caste children are born smaller and grow less quickly. Differences in maternal health aspects drive caste disadvantage at birth, and subsequent consumption deficits in early childhood make it worse, restricting growth.
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#SafeMotherhood
Every Pregnancy Matters! W/support from CIFF’s Work in India, we are accelerating progress toward high quality #maternal #newborn care.
Supporting 9 state govts. in delivering #QualityAntenatalCare , ensuring its #timeliness , #sufficiency & #appropriateness . #BornHealthy

🌎 How do various factors such as socioeconomic status, age and psychosocial conditions affect cardiovascular health in different countries around the world? Check out this study involving over 28,000 participants! 👉 cjcopen.ca/article/S2589-… 🌐 #OpenAccess #CJCO

Delighted to read abt World Heart Federation #emergingleaders prog featured as eg to nurture future leaders.Privileged to b part of inaugural 2014 cohort,tnx Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) Centre for Chronic Disease Control. Also published papers from collaborative project #CARDIOMAPPS across several countries. Such fond memories!!

great initiative on urban food justice led by The Food Foundation Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Bham City Council incl insights from Shweta Khandelwal 🇵🇸🌹🔥💧Nick Rose 💧🔥🌹🇵🇸 BH Dr Elizabeth Kimani-Murage - #ZeroHunger! Elisabetta Recine Sarah Pullen TasteAdventures.org Karen Washington Bhavani Shankar and many others!

Linked blog here: anh-academy.org/community/blog…

With the #WorldHealthDay2024 in sight, an imp reminder for #publichealthnutrition advocates. Rising obesity& diet-related NCDs, must push us to reimagine our food environment, #healthydiets .
Curbing India's Ultra-Processed Foods | Think Global Health thinkglobalhealth.org/article/curbin…

A TCI study of men's education and household nutrition outcomes found that, for every additional year of men's schooling, dietary diversity increases by 0.2 food groups.

📃 Read our policy brief to learn more ➡️ tci.cornell.edu/?publications=…

Explore the Cost of Not Breastfeeding advocacy briefs that are based on the revised 2022 tool. Find the latest briefs from Alive & Thrive and Nutrition International here: bit.ly/3KlppkI

Worth remembering!

Hot off the press..our new issue brief, ORF on #climatechange & #publichealthnutrition #foodsecurity . S-W-I-P-E the way to find where/how (nutrition)security and planetary sustainability intersect to chart out optimal health/wellbeing for ALL.
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Research in India shows that heat stress exposure doubles the rate of miscarriage.

New evidence from our Heat in Pregnancy study will inform sustainable solutions to protect pregnant women and their babies from the dangers of extreme heat.

Read more: buff.ly/3Vr30bY

Worrying findings from South India. Also see BBC news clip embedded in the article. 1/

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#Anemia MuktBharat #NationalAnemiaDay
Somesh Kumar reaffirms Jhpiego's commitment to combat #Anemia under the guidance of Ministry of Health and with support from multiple stakeholders.
Zoya Ali Rizvi Shweta Khandelwal

Dr Kapil Yadav NCEAR-A driving the discussion on point of care testing by hemoglobinimeter for #Anemia and importance of #MakeinIndia technology. #Mizoram #Sikkim #UttarPradesh #Kerala inputs give us deep insight nhmmizoram sikkimgovtipr NHM Kerala-Arogyakeralam NHM UP

Air pollution exposure and #cardiometabolic risk thelancet.com/journals/landi…
type 2 #diabetes #T2D #AirPollution

Miss out on our #WorldObesityDay ⭕️ webinar, 'Obesity and Youth: Young people catalysing change'? 🤔

You can catch up with our webinar now, hosted alongside our Global Obesity Coalition partners UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) 📢

👀📺 youtube.com/watch?v=rRgW91… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The issue of updating beneficiaries, sensitising HWs in #Punjab , private school coverage in #Assam , use of Shaladarpan in #Rajasthan , innovative MDM in #Uttarakhand all works to support 5-9 years #AMB NHM_Assam Department of Health and Family Welfare Punjab Medical & Health Deptt. Rajasthan National Health Mission, Uttarakhand