Human body

Nearly one in five people in Turkey is obese, according to the results of a 2019 health survey released by the TÜİK on June 4.

The survey showed that 21.1 percent of the Turkish people aged 15 years and older had a body mass index of 30 or over, TÜİK said. The rate was 19.6 percent in 2016.

A former NCAA champion in javelin was given a four-year doping ban in a ruling published Tuesday.

Ioannis Kyriazis of Greece, who also placed sixth at the 2017 world championships, tested positive for the steroid-like muscle builder Ligandrol, track and field's Athletics Integrity Unit said.

Stress, frustration, strain. Who hasn't reached out for the antidote that is closest at hand - junk food that is as tasty as it is harmful to our health. Yet this fleeting sense of happiness causes more problems than you can see in the mirror.

Some 20 percent of teenagers get their first tattoo under the age of 18, a survey conducted by two dermatologists has shown. Experts warn about health consequences caused by unlicensed tattoo shops.

After a study, US scientists found that by 2030, nearly half of the older Americans will be overweight, BTA reported. The problem of obesity turned out to be more serious than expected.

An Italian court on Oct. 16 rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo da Vinci's iconic "Vitruvian Man" drawing and other works to France's Louvre museum, ending a bitter cultural row.

In five years, every second person is expected to be overweight. 40 percent of people over 18 in the world are currently overweight. Prof. Zdravko Kamenov, Head of the Clinic of Endocrinology and Diseases of Exchange at the Aleksandrovska University Hospital, said this at the BTA National Press Club.

A female bodybuilding champion has been killed by her boyfriend in the western Turkish province of İzmir.

A renowned Greek-Australian neuroscientist has discovered a previously uncharted part of the human brain in a part that is involved in the movement of our limbs and body.

Smuggled gold jewelry worth over BGN 45,000 was found during a car inspection at Kapitan Andreevo Customs Post, said the press office of the Customs Agency, reports Focus News Agency.