Obesity is an ongoing worldwide issue that every nation is subjected to. According to the World Health Organization, it has doubled in its prevalence since 1980. With the United States leading the list of the countries with the highest obesity rates, one may wonder where Georgia stands. But just because we slather our Churchxela(s) in sweet syrup, doesn’t mean we should sugarcoat the truth.

The most common egg is the hen’s egg, though duck, goose and other fowl eggs are available for consumption in some areas too. The color of the yolk depends on the hen’s diet. Wheat-fed hens will have darker yolks than hens fed by other grasses.

Researchers worldwide have discovered that eating fish regularly – one or two servings weekly – may reduce the risk of diseases accompanying us from the very childhood of ours. Fish is low in fat and it is a great source of omega-3 (an unsaturated fatty acid that occurs naturally in fish oil and is valuable in reducing blood-cholesterol levels). It can contribute to the health of brain tissue and the retina (the light sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye).

Tbilisi concert hall in March 31 will host event where participates nearly all Georgian artistic society and this event has one reason to help Giorgi Korganashvili. Giorgi is an actor of Marjanishvili theatre who unexpectedly stumbled upon one of the hardest challenges of life – health problem. One month ago Giorgi was diagnosed aplastic anemia that made his friends organize all their moral forces to stand by him.

Charity that showed a considerable mobilization of donors

Recently, with the mediation of Georgia Red Cross Society, Ilia University became a venue for voluntary blood donation. There are several special days, including the World Aids Day, International Volunteers Day and World Blood Donors Day, on which such charities are always conducted. However, it was a happy coincidence, when the wish to help the children ill with leukemia, came in accordance with the quantity of volunteers, which made it possible to hold the charity event.

Oncologists of A. Gvamichava Oncology National Center have applied to Georgian medical society, the ministry of Labor, Health and Social Care, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and the government with an open letter asking to discuss with them and solve the problems the clinic and this sphere face recently. Head of the Gynecological  Department of  Oncology National Center, Professor Tengiz Charkviani specifies the matter:

Everything done for the democratic development of Georgia is important, US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon told journalists after meeting chairperson of parliament Davit Usupashvili.

Photo Journalists Gia Abdaladze, Irakli Gedenidze and Zurab Kurtsikidze will file an appeal with the prosecutor’s office demanding a review and reinvestigation of their case.

The ffice of and house of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Vice Mayor Shota Khizanishvili was searched yesterday night by law enforcers.

Shota Khizanishvili, former deputy minister of internal affairs, is being questioned at the Prosecutor’s Office, Khatuna Ochiauri, a member of the National Movement party, told InterpressNews.

One member of the parliamentary minority and one from the majority will be allowed to visit Bacho Akhalaia in prison.

Transparency International – Georgia calls on parliament of Georgia to be attentive to the cases of conflicts of interests.

Russia's top investigative agency announced Monday that a government opponent has turned himself in and confessed to orchestrating riots, but the man and his supporters said he was kidnapped abroad, smuggled back to Russia and then tortured into confessing, Foxnews says.

Irakli Ezugbaia, director general of the Georgian Railway, has resigned.