Pollution causes obesity and diabetes

New research at Ohio State University in the US has revealed that childhood exposure to common air pollutants increases the risk of obesity and developing diabetes.
Exposure to microscopic pollutants from car exhausts and burning fossil fuels can lead to weight gain in youngsters brought up in cities, say researchers, reports the Daily Express.

They also discovered that the pollutants cause increased insulin resistance, which can lead to the development of Type 2 diabetes.
The results are based on tests on mice and the pollution levels they were exposed to matched the levels found in urban areas.

One group of baby mice was exposed to microscopic pollution particles and another breathed filtered air.
Their ages matched toddlers to late adolescent humans and mice from both groups were fed a normal diet or a high-fat diet.

All the animals on a high-fat diet gained extra weight but the mice on a normal diet who were exposed to the atmospheric pollutants for six hours a day over 10 weeks saw elevated levels of blood sugar.

They also had higher levels of insulin resistance, as well having higher levels of fat both around their abdomen and internal organs.
Mice on a high-fat diet who breathed in the airborne toxins did not gain any more weight than their counterparts on a high-fat diet, who were breathing fresh air.

But mice exposed to pollutants while on a normal diet did have increasing levels of body fat, suggesting that exposure to pollutants was enough to trigger weigh gain.
The study was led by Dr Qinghua Sun, the university's associate professor of environmental health sciences.

2 lakh more seats In Enginnering Colleges

New Delhi: Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has given a New Year gift to aspiring engineers and management students. Sibal on Thursday announced over-reaching reforms in educational sector, saying 2 lakh seats will be increased in engineering colleges, 80,000 seats in management courses and 2,200 seats in architecture courses.

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The move will help students in 241 districts of the country that do not have All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)-accredited institutes.

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