Sedentary lifestyle, screen time triggering childhood non-communicable diseases in urban areas

These conditions are driven by sedentary lifestyles, screen time and dietary changes, according to health experts, adding that childhood conditions frequently remain undetected until complications develop, whether in rural, tribal…

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Experts highlight need to explore safer nicotine alternatives alongside existing measures

According to the study, daily smoking in New Zealand, which had already been declining under conventional tobacco-control measures, fell below 7 per cent by 2022-23 after safer nicotine alternatives, including…

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