Obesity

18th June 2007
In developed countries obesity is becoming the number one health concern. Obesity starts young in life but scientists are now developing an infant milk formula that is designed to prevent obesity in later life. At the moment this research is in its infanc...

25th April 2006
A new study has found that increasing levels of obesity have caused a crisis of Type 2 diabetes in children. The number developing so called "adult" or type 2 diabetes - which normally afflicts overweight middle-aged people - has increased 10-fold in t...

05th October 2006
Obesity is definitely an unnatural physical condition being a side-effect of natural phenomenon. You must be thinking, how a natural process can generate an unnatural thing. The clarification against such skepticism cannot be given in a single line; we mu...

25th March 2008
Our thought processes and our minds may influence our eating habits. Many people eat in response to emotions such as boredom, sadness, or anger. While most overweight people have no more psychological disturbances than people of normal weight, about 30 pe...

06th February 2008
Acomplia (Rimonabant) - Effective weight loss and anti-obesity medication Obesity is excessive accumulation of adipose tissue within the body, which exceeds the body's skeletal and physical standards. Obesity is now recognized as a serious chronic dise...

25th March 2008
Now day's parents are worried because of their child obesity problems and number of over weight children is increasing day by day. Fattiness in children not only makes them to feel inferior but also causes many harmful diseases in small age like diabete...

09th November 2006
Obesity is becoming a problem going out of hand. It is time to curtail the problem by resorting to some means or the other. Traditional obesity reduction methods like doing exercises and having a controlled diet are fast becoming a thing of the past. But ...

14th August 2007
Everybody has already signed up. More and more people are learning about this worthwhile cause and have wholeheartedly pledged their support. Understanding that they are heading into a huge battle, brave men and women collect all their strength and confid...

23rd January 2007
Obesity among children in the United States is a national health crisis and a terrifying reality. It can cripple our country for generations to come unless significant changes are made. Not all obese infants become obese children, and not all obese chi...

31st May 2007
by Steve Ruprecht from http://www.kidfluence.tv The prevalence of weight issues among the tweenage generation has prompted debates between schools, parents, food giants and kids. The blame game is often played while our youth continue to tip the scales...

19th August 2006
Due to the huge health hazards associated with obesity, it is important for those who are overweight to try and lose weight, and get back into shape. Arguably more importantly is that when doing this, they do it in a safe manner. Through this article, I w...

21st May 2007
I don't know if childhood obesity is "rampant" or an "epidemic". What I DO know is that it does not have to happen to our children. However, just to put things in perspective, over a recent 30 year period measured by the National Health And Nutrition ...

16th November 2006
Life is a competition for survival in which every living being have to beat disease, otherwise disease can beat him. Obesity is accompanied with many fatal diseases like heart attack, kidney failure, arthritis etc. All these diseases make life span shorte...

25th February 2008
Nowadays, people who become fatter and fatter are increasing in numbers. This happens become of the lifestyle they choose. Rapid growth of numbers of people who are obese these days is an enormous problem. More and more American people are becoming ob...

30th October 2007
Obesity continued to increase dramatically during the late 1990s for Americans of all ages according to the data collected and analyzed by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).. About fift...

06th December 2005
Obesity has become an epidemic, especially in The United States. An average of 300,000 Americans die each year and nearly $177 billion is spent on illnesses related to obesity. Obesity can affect your legs and back. It can raise your blood pressure and...

22nd December 2006
The term Obesity in Childhood is show the excessive weight of body in comparison of normal child weight. This may be a reason of much dangerous disease in body in childhood. There are many reason behind the obesity in child as Physical activity, unhealthy...

02nd November 2007
Drive-up restaurants, milkshakes, fries, and time-honored burgers and dripping Coney Islands - that's what makes the American cuisine - since the 1950's. This has been America's characteristic manner of preparing food - Fast Food - the epito...

12th July 2007
While there are many different types of solutions available for dealing with obesity, it cannot be denied that various obesity surgeries are becoming firm favorites with more and more people. If you are skeptical about this, or are unfamiliar with the ter...

23rd October 2006
I used to be one of those people who did not like to go to the higher end, gourmet or "healthy" restaurants. It wasn't because I didn't like the food, or that the atmosphere was not to my liking, it was because they served, in what had become my American...

10th August 2007
Advances in science and technology have revolutionized how people live and work. The breakthroughs in 21st Century medical science have extended life expectancy rates and wiped out some of the diseases that were once thought to be incurable. Still, th...

30th May 2007
Who does not wish that he or she should be healthy? But if you are someone who is having excess fat in body then you cannot be considered as a healthy individual, rather you would be grouped as an individual suffering from obesity. In addition to the ...

08th August 2007
What is obesity? Obesity is characterized by an increase in the size and number of fat cells in the body, which leads to an excessive accumulation of body fat. On average, overweight and obese individuals have higher blood glucose and cholesterol values ...

03rd July 2006
In the past few years, information on childhood obesity seems to be everywhere. The reason for this is because of the frightening rate at which the number of obese children is growing. Society is consequently trying hard to react to a worsening problem th...

19th July 2006
I'm sure everyone has heard this argument before but I believe it has ever been completely resolved. Diet pop is known for being a healthy weight loss drink when really there isn't any proof that it is healthier and better for weight loss than regular pop...

16th June 2007
Obesity or overweight are having weight which are greater than what is considered healthy for a given height. Indeed, obesity and overweight is a big problem nowadays. You have to know that if obesity or overweight will not be taken care off as soo...