Nepal's export earnings from high-value products increased by 6.74 percent in the first ten months of the current fiscal year ...

Nepal's first-ever Human Milk Bank, 'Amrit Kosh,' is a step towards providing baby-friendly health care to low birthweight, ...

Sangita Swechcha interviewed Nepali author, editor, and publisher Archana Thapa to understand her work in amplifying ...

Funding cuts threaten the expansion of a UNICEF-supported program that helps hundreds of newborns in Kathmandu.

A Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) found in the Karnali River in western Nepal marks the species’ northernmost record in the ...

Nepal's National Health Insurance Program (NHIP), started in 2016, set out to improve access to health care and protect ...

Nepal’s capital Kathmandu is one of the most polluted cities in the world. But it’s also one of the fastest growing markets ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Obesity, especially severe obesity, is linked to increased risk for 16 common health conditions, including obstructive sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes, and liver ...

In Nepal, undernutrition has been prevalent for decades. Today, however, the incidence of overweight and obesity (OWOB) in the country has increased substantially. There is a need to conduct local ...

Fast forward three decades, and the country is starting to grapple with obesity. At the pace with which the proportion of overweight people is growing, half of Nepal’s adult population will be obese ...

The report published in The Lancet, a leading international medical journal, on Monday, highlights a growing health crisis driven by obesity and overweight globally, including in developing countries ...

In the last two decades in India, a major epidemiological transition has happened that has not captured sufficient public attention — the challenge of overweight and obesity. The National Family ...