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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: As per a new study, children who suffer racial discrimination are more likely to have a higher BMI and a wider waistline later in life. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, suggest that, in addition to other socioeconomic factors such as family poverty, racial discrimination may be a risk factor for young people developing obesity. "Exposure to racial discrimination must be acknowledged as both a social determinant of obesity and a significant contributor to obesity disparities among children and adolescents," said Adolfo Cuevas, assistant professor of social and behavioral sciences at the NYU School of Global Public Health and the study's lead author. Childhood obesity is a major public health issue in the U.S., affecting nearly one in five children and teens. Black and Hispanic youth experience even higher rates of obesity, which research shows may stem from factors such as poverty, neighborhood access to healthy foods, and single-paren...

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Wholesale price-based inflation contracted for the third straight month in June on the back of easing food, fuel and manufactured product prices. The gap between retail and wholesale inflation widened. Data released by the commerce and industry ministry on Friday showed inflation, based on the wholesale price index (WPI), fell 4. 1% in June, sharper than the 3. 5% in May. The contraction in the rate of inflation in June, 2023 is primarily due to fall in prices of mineral oils, food products, basic metals, crude petroleum & natural gas and textiles, according to the government statement. Earlier this week, data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) showed retail inflation rose to a threemonth high of 4. 8% in June, higher than the 4. 3% in May. The food index rose to 4. 5% during the month from nearly 3% in May. Vegetable prices contracted 22% and manufactured product prices declined 2. 7% in June. Prices of cereals and pulses remained firm, mirr...