(VOVWORLD) -More than a billion people globally are now considered obese, according to a report on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO). This number has more than quadrupled since 1990...
(VOVWORLD) - Novo Nordisk said the heart protective benefits of its wildly popular Wegovy obesity treatment are due to more than weight loss alone, according to new data presented at a...
(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations has staged a three-day food summit in Rome, Italy on Monday aimed at tackling a “broken” global food system where millions are starving, billions are...
(VOVWORLD) - New highly-effective weight loss drugs such as Wegovy are not a “silver bullet” for addressing the rapid rise in global obesity rates, the World Health Organization’s nutrition chief...
(VOVWORLD) - Drugs that combat obesity are under consideration for the first time for the World Health Organization's "essential medicines list," used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle...
(VOVWORLD) - “Everything Everywhere All at Once” dominated the Oscars on Sunday night, winning seven awards, including best picture, best actress, best director, best editing, best supporting actor, best supporting actress...
(VOVWORLD) - More than half of the world's population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according to a new report
(VOVWORLD) -By the middle of the 21st century, more than 4 billion people in the world could become overweight, if the trend of processed food consumption remains as it is today...
(VOVWORLD) - On April 23, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is hosting the International Trade and Food Safety Conference, in Geneva
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has launched the “Vietnam health program” on the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day on February 27
(VOVWORLD) - Just three years ago, in September 2015, all United Nations Member States approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The eradication of hunger and all forms of malnutrition (Sustainable Development Goal number...
(VOVWORLD) - Obesity, a major health issue in the US, leads to numerous diseases. While many industrialized countries are in a similar situation, obesity rates in the US are the highest...
(VOVWORLD) - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and UN partner agencies (IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO) have just published the 2018 edition of The State of...
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