Obesity

14th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Tom Venuto Why Are We So Fat? That's the question asked in the cover story of a recent issue of National Geographic magazine. "Americans enjoy one of the most luxurious lifestyles on Earth: Our food is plentiful. Our work is automated...

13th July 2007
Schools have long been considered to be a major contributor to the problem of rising obesity rates in children as there have been no regulations governing the food provided in school cafeterias or through the ubiquitous school snack bars or vending machin...

28th April 2008
A syndrome characterized by a group of conditions that are considered leading danger factors for diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Metabolic syndrome is associated with abdominal obesity, blood lipid disorders, inflammation, insulin opposition...

17th November 2006
Ever Pondered...How Destructive Obesity And Diabetes Can Be? This world is full of injustice. I paid the full air fare for flying from New Delhi to New York. My weight is 70 kgs. The gentleman sitting next to me, almost bursting out of the seat belt, m...

28th March 2006
Severe obesity is a serious medical condition experienced by people with a body mass index of 40 or above. Previously called morbid obesity, it affects an estimated six million American adults, or about 1 in 33 of the adult population. Associated with a r...

07th November 2007
Generally speaking, obesity is caused by consuming more calories than your body needs on a day to day basis over a period of time. A lot of fast food and convenience foods these days are very high in fat and sugar content to make them tasty but unfortunat...

17th November 2006
Anti-obesity drugs are the prime requirement of millions of obese across the world. Only an obese knows well about the problem related with obesity. Every third person tries to instruct an obese what to eat and what not to. There are people who laugh at a...

17th November 2006
SEVEN ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT PROVIDING OBESITY HELP FOR SENIORS Interview with George Irvin Q. So George, it says here that you are a Retired USAF Pilot with the rank of Colonel. Why should we give any credibility to your...

01st April 2007
Today's lifestyle has led to detrimental changes in our diet. Our unhealthy eating habits have led to serious conditions that affect our entire body. Obesity is a severe problem and scientific studies are underway to find possible solutions. Hyperten...

11th June 2007
It is well known that obesity places you at risk of developing problems from such things as diabetes, sleep apnea, cardiovascular disease, stroke and arthritis, but it is now being suggested that asthma should also be added to this list. As the problem...

31st March 2007
Today's lifestyle has led to detrimental changes in our diet. Our unhealthy eating habits have led to serious conditions that affect our entire body. Obesity is a severe problem and scientific studies are underway to find possible solutions. Hyperte...

01st November 2007
If you are tired of carrying excessive weight on your body and all tried and tested methods of weight loss, like dieting and exercise, have failed to make a difference, maybe its time to try something more result oriented. Modern times have seen many of u...

15th June 2007
In a recent study of more than 8,000 women between the ages of 40 and 75 it was found that severely obese women attended routine screening for breast and cervical cancer far less frequently than women of normal weight. Indeed, severely overweight women at...

27th March 2007
For most people facing obesity and morbid obesity the first line of attack will be for their doctor to recommend a strict program of both diet and exercise. Millions of people across the world are dieting at this very moment. Indeed, in the United Stat...

01st July 2007
There has been a general belief for a long time that giving young children pure fruit juice might make them overweight and thus could be contributing to some degree to the current dramatic rise in childhood obesity. This debate has been going on for so...

25th May 2007
The numbers are alarming. Childhood obesity is on the rise, with almost 15 percent of children aged 10 to 17 years old considered overweight.1 The health concerns are clear. Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and other obesity-related chronic diseases ...

06th February 2008
It's fast becoming a problem in many corners of the world, and perhaps most notably in the U.K.: Obesity. The numbers are staggering. According to the BBC, almost a quarter of the adults in the United Kingdom are obese, a fifty percent increase over the l...

20th May 2008
Insurance companies calculate the cost of a persons life insurance cover by assessing risks in their lifestyle and high-risk lifestyle choices such as smoking and being overweight can increase your premiums by a significant amount. One study found that...

18th October 2006
We are living in an advanced world, which has changed its life style completely, and with change in life style many new complications have taken birth. Obesity is a disease, which has its lineage with modern life style. We are sustaining our lives in a he...

25th March 2008
The introduction of the Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (LAGB), or Gastric Banding Surgery has set the medical world abuzz with its excellent potential to reduce and control obesity in men and women. In fact, many are looking at Gastric Banding Surge...

25th March 2008
The introduction of the Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (LAGB), or Gastric Banding Surgery has set the medical world abuzz with its excellent potential to reduce and control obesity in men and women. In fact, many are looking at Gastric Banding Surge...

28th May 2006
'Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fattest of them all' Though my mirror would not magically utter my name, my eyes would move unconsciously to the ugly bulge that has formed near the middle part of my body. I know I am the one. For years, I have con...

16th June 2007
Like it or not the first line of attack in combating obesity is the traditional diet and exercise plan and most doctors will not even consider such things as gastric bypass surgery until they are satisfied that you have tried dieting and exercise seriousl...

25th October 2006
Darkness always has a ray hope behind it; Africa is known as Dark Continent of the world. But, the tribes of Kalahari Desert have a ray of hope for millions of obese around the world. This ray of hope is a natural herb which looks like cactus and found in...

14th December 2006
Obesity can cause serious disability and diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, sleep apnea and obesity-related cancers. For example, a male below 35 years old who is twice or 40 kg above his normal weight is 60 times more likely ...

02nd August 2005
Different Health Problems generally do not allow us to do traditional exercises. Above all, one type of exercise cant be effective to each group facing different challenges. But despite all these different challenges, the general rule applies to all: Extr...