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23rd September 2009
Obesity rates have increased dramatically in the last 25 years. Overweight and obesity are important health concerns for adults, children, and adolescents.
An estimated 25.6 percent of adults in the United States reported being obese in 2007, an incre... Read >
Author: syljona21st September 2009
Obesity is a growing problem in America today, even with more and more money being spent on diets and efforts to lose weight and get in shape. So how is that we want to get healthy yet still slide towards higher obesity rates?
Even though obesity is a... Read >
Author: MHelphrey21st September 2009
If you eat too much fattening food one day, can you be good and eat less the next day? The answer is probably no for most people. Eating too much can easily lead to over-weight or even obesity that can in turn put people at risk of heart disease.
Large... Read >
Author: pratapshiv16th September 2009
If you eat too much fattening food one day, can you be good and eat less the next day? The answer is probably no for most people. Eating too much can easily lead to over-weight or even obesity that can in turn put people at risk of heart disease.
Lar... Read >
Author: PRIYANKA07th September 2009
While many enjoy drinking tea as a beverage of choice they might not be aware of its therapeutic effects. Most of us have heard of the antioxidant benefits of green tea; however, when it comes to diabetes there may be an even better source of insulin than... Read >
Author: Julia Hanf04th September 2009
Who Should Get a Diabetes Blood Test? Diabetes can effect anybody at any time. Diabetes Blood Test isn't required for everybody, but there are some folks who are strongly advised to get the testing done. The combination of several different factors m... Read >
Author: Garth Kelly27th August 2009
The number of adults and teenagers in the United States who are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are on the rise. As the obesity rates rise, so do the numbers for type 2 diabetes. It is a known fact that being obese or overweight can lead to the early... Read >
Author: SurferBodyFitness12th August 2009
Adult obesity rates increased in 37 states in the past year, according to the fifth annual F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2008 report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Rates rose for a s... Read >
Author: Jim Atkinson04th August 2009
Nearly 30% of Americans are now considered obese. This statistic is downright startling! Not only is this trend affecting adults, but it is setting a tone and creating an example for our children. Our busy work lives, money problems, stress and anxiety, c... Read >
Author: jhorsley23rd July 2009
Nearly 30% of Americans are now considered obese. This statistic is downright startling! Not only is this trend affecting adults, but it is setting a tone and creating an example for our children. Our busy work lives, money problems, stress and anxiety, c... Read >
Author: jhorsley04th July 2009
Diabetes is one of the most common diseases that affect many adult Americans. Specifically, it accounts for about 90% of all diabetes cases; about 6% of the United States population. This condition can be life-threatening; therefore it is important to be ... Read >
Author: Alvin Hopkinson12th June 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Fred Andrews
Obesity is one of the most serious public health issues facing the United States. There are an unprecedented number of adults and juveniles in the country who are overweight. Despite the virtually consistent cautions abo... Read >
Author: Just Ask Fred05th June 2009
Kids Sports Camps Can Be a Great Summer Activity
Summer is always an idle time for kids. Unless they are in a school district that has year-round classes, the summer months are a vast expanse of boredom and “nothing to do.” Sure, your kids would be... Read >
Author: William19th May 2009
Let me tell you about the current obesity rates in the UK. It is unexpectedly high as more than 30% of children are categorized as obese (having BMI>30), 24% of adults are near to being obese and 23% of women are obese. In this country more than 50% of pe... Read >
Author: kanha18th May 2009
How can weight loss start in your mind? Surely it is what you put into your mouth that is important?
What is it about weight loss that is so elusive? Obesity rates soar, so many people feel increasingly more uncomfortable, and yet something seems... Read >
Author: Roseanna Leaton15th May 2009
With the obesity rates rising, more and more people are developing type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is when the body does not produce enough insulin or the insulin that is produced is not used by the body. Without the proper amount of insulin your body ca... Read >
Author: tiffanyb14th May 2009
It's common knowledge that regular exercise and physical activity has so many benefits to it for both the young old. Then, why are the childhood obesity rates rising? It seems that with the invention and advancement of new technologies such gaming systems... Read >
Author: tiffanyb14th May 2009
Weight loss has become an obsession in a nation where 63% of the people are overweight and a startling 31% are obese. Clearly our modern lifestyle is not healthy. Many people are desperate to make a change and will try any 'magic-bullet' weight loss cure ... Read >
Author: Weight Loss14th May 2009
Weight loss has become an obsession in a nation where 63% of the people are overweight and a startling 31% are obese. Clearly our modern lifestyle is not healthy. Many people are desperate to make a change and will try any 'magic-bullet' weight loss cure ... Read >
Author: Weight Loss12th May 2009
I have never been a huge fan of eating at fast food restaurants. This is mainly because I have had bad experience after bad experience. I used to blame it on my parents. I thought that because they never took me to those places they had raised me to have ... Read >
Author: TheNakedLabel06th May 2009
What is the driving force behind weight gain? That’s a no brainer right? Eating to many calories. Maybe. That’s right I said maybe.
Eating more calories is a reason that many people gain weight. A far bigger problem may be a person’s lack of acti... Read >
Author: Mike Roussell29th April 2009
Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting that it may have a genetic cause. However, family members share not only genes but also diet and lifestyle habits that may contribute to obesity. Separating these lifestyle factors from genetic ones is often di... Read >
Author: naturalremedies28th April 2009
Summer is always an idle time for kids. Unless they are in a school district that has year-round classes, the summer months are a vast expanse of boredom and “nothing to do.” Sure, you could let your kids play video games all day, but wouldn’t it be... Read >
Author: William09th April 2009
According to a new study recently released, compulsory gym class and mandatory daily doses of physical activity in school do little to reduce childhood obesity. Already the “naysayers” are up in arms and pointing fingers searching for a suitable scap... Read >
Author: pmen4825th March 2009
Many of us now realize that obesity is a leading risk factor for some of the nation's most complicated and costly chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. The human costs are staggering.
As the nation looks toward controlling health care c... Read >
Author: TrekDesk13th March 2009
Obesity in the United States has increased within the last 20 years or more. The state of obesity is when your body carries more body fat than you should have. This condition is increasingly becoming a problem in the United States for people of all races ... Read >
Author: Daniel Berry02nd March 2009
Many women who become pregnant are unfamiliar with gestational diabetes until they are diagnosed during their second trimester. If you are currently pregnant or are trying to get pregnant then it is important that you are aware of this condition that affe... Read >
Author: Andrew Bicknell26th February 2009
Obesity is a worldwide problem, means it has no geographical favorites and is present everywhere in the world. Lifestyle changes has led to globalization of obesity
Obesity is defined as the excessive body fat, but is difficult to measure directly. For... Read >
Author: Nick Mutt05th February 2009
Today many of the rich and the affluent still face many of the challenges that come with the "wealthy lifestyle", a new paradigm is emerging in the United States and further predictions state, Europe.
According to a new research study that shows the oc... Read >
Author: ictsystem0803rd February 2009
As we have moved into the 21st century so too have obesity rates risen; this is almost certainly largely caused by poor diet and the convenience foods we consume due to our increasingly fast paced lives, but is of course in some part due to the lack of ex... Read >
Author: james31st January 2009
Your mind is playing the biggest trick on you. It is existing in your skull and performing below par everyday of your life. The potential for the mind is actually enormous and science discovered not long ago that the human brain was operating at slightly ... Read >
Author: Greg Frost28th January 2009
With obesity rates continuously climbing the charts, and more people leaning towards being overweight, it's no surprise that weight-loss clinics and other similar service providers are popping up left and right. Even on the Internet you'll find a lot of w... Read >
Author: morningshift09th January 2009
Yet another alarm bell has been set off by the medical community warning of America’s rising obesity rates and the corresponding relation to disease. The National Cancer Institute completed a study that has shown a statistically significant relationship... Read >
Author: TrekDesk07th January 2009
Ironically, as concern grows over the rise in obesity rates, some people battle the opposite problem — anorexia nervosa. People with anorexia are obsessed with food and their weight and body shape. They attempt to maintain a weight that's far below norm... Read >
Author: Alien19th December 2008
What comes to mind when the words “South Carolina” are spoken? Good things: beaches and backwoods, history and hominy, sea breezes and Sea Island nights. But for South Carolina doctors, another word has been coming to mind more and more lately when ... Read >
Author: Craig B. Thompson16th December 2008
New Hampshire is facing a public health crisis. Over the past decade our overweight and obesity rates have rise to rival tobacco use as one of the most significant public health problems in the state. Here in the Granite State, more than 59% of adults are... Read >
Author: Craig B. Thompson03rd December 2008
Hawaii is at war – a war on obesity. Obesity – the condition of being significantly above one’s healthy weight – is attacking the health and lifespan of Hawaiians on every island, and of Americans nationwide. In fact, obesity is the second most co... Read >
Author: Craig B. Thompson03rd December 2008
The epidemic of obesity that is sweeping the nation has hit home in Connecticut, despite the state’s reputation of good health. In fact, obesity rates have risen markedly in Connecticut over the past decade, with more than 56% of the population being cl... Read >
Author: Craig B. Thompson01st December 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Stephen Lau
Accelerated aging is more than chronological aging; it is about the way you live your life, your attitudes towards health and wellness, and your philosophy of life in general.
Obviously, if you are 60 years old, you ca... Read >
Author: Stephen Lau23rd September 2008
One of the biggest benefits of the pH miracle diet is weight loss. Many people have turned to this diet to lose weight as well as to improve their overall level of health The pH miracle diet is very efficient at removing extra weight.
Obesity is a nat... Read >
Author: Jackie Serta15th September 2008
Fast food restaurants have gotten such a bad rap in the past few decades as a major reason for the obesity epidemic in the US, that many of them have felt compelled to defend their existence. Recently, the head of McDonald's, one of the most often cited ... Read >
Author: Danna Schneider08th September 2008
We have the highest teenage and childhood obesity rates today than at any other point in the world's long history. Much of the blame for this is on the fast food, low energy society that we have become. Far too often we feel that it is safer to keep our c... Read >
Author: Jackie Serta27th August 2008
We are a nation of "fat cats" in more ways than one. As the prosperity level of the people in the U.S. have grown, so have our waistlines. A CDC study finds that over the past 25 years, obesity rates have increased to 34% of U.S. adults over age 20. It... Read >
Author: Sandi H.22nd August 2008
Several consumers, health and medical professionals emphasize the need for consumers to have access to information about the foods they eat. It is important that food manufacturers recognize the right of consumer to know what ingredients the food he consu... Read >
Author: Sharon Samraj03rd July 2008
Now more than ever there is a focus on what products and services should and should not be advertised to the masses. On a daily basis we are bombarded by thousands of promotional messages, brand names and strap lines that on a subconscious level can shape... Read >
Author: Daniel Collins20th June 2008
While the number of gastric bypass surgeries being performed each year is going up as obesity rates continue to rise in most western countries, a lot of people still believe that surgery is not the right solution for obesity in teens. Nonetheless, this co... Read >
Author: Donald Saunders20th June 2008
Obesity rates, which have already reached epidemic proportions in many western countries, are continuing to rise and so it is not surprising that we are seeing an increasing number of overweight children. The dangers of childhood obesity today are all too... Read >
Author: Donald Saunders11th June 2008
Back in the 1970's Dr. Robert Atkins introduced a new diet plan, "the Low Card Diet". It has been a very popular diet because it is a good diet to loose weight quickly. When you first get on the diet you get great result right away. It is important to und... Read >
Author: bryan06th June 2008
When it comes to weight the human body is not a difficult machine to understand. In order to function it requires energy which it gets from the food we eat which is broken down into sugars to fuel the various complex mechanisms of the body and waste produ... Read >
Author: Donald Saunders29th May 2008
Low fat diets have been popular for more than 15 years. Many people believe this is the solution for long-term weight loss. This couldn't be further from the truth. One example of this is sugar. There are no fat calories in sugar so if you were to eat... Read >
Author: PhilHixon06th May 2008
There’s a fine line between technological advancement and laziness. While new inventions are usually created to make life easier, are they starting to make life a little too easy? Steadily rising obesity rates in America indicate they may be, but the th... Read >
Author: Shad Connelly28th April 2008
It seems that some people (especially in industrial countries) having eating habit in either one of these ways: they overeat on massive pieces of unhealthful and canned foods and getting fatter, or they're starving themselves on the over restraining regim... Read >
Author: Ozie Klein07th April 2008
Successful and budding internet marketers are likely to spend several hours in front of a computer screen each day. If you are achieving some $50k per month in a program such as EDC Gold or EDC Diamond, that is what you need to do to continue enjoying suc... Read >
Author: TonyHG17th March 2008
One of the greatest challenges facing us here in the US continues to be obesity and general health issues that are associated with being overweight, which it seems more and more of our population is these days. Recent studies confirm that one of the reas... Read >
Author: Danna Schneider25th January 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Mark Albertson
The escalation of obesity rates in this country has sparked a flurry of activity among both serious researchers and charlatans to discover the perfect weight loss method. A recent study of four diets revealed that the ... Read >
17th January 2008
Poverty And Obesity: A New Study Finds
A Remarkable Connection
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While the rich and the affluent still face many
of the problems that come with the "king's
lifestyle", a new pattern is emerging ... Read >
Author: Abundance17th January 2008
Poverty And Obesity: A New Study Finds
A Remarkable Connection
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While the rich and the affluent still face many
of the problems that come with the "king's
lifestyle", a new pattern is emerging ... Read >
Author: Abundance20th October 2007
No food alone could ever cause us to lose weight, there is no such thing as the best single weight loss food. We all understand that weight loss is the result of the energy consumed from all various foods within the diet, and that a diet's total energy mu... Read >
Author: Alien30th August 2007
We have the highest teenage and childhood obesity rates today than at any other point in the world's long history. Much of the blame for this is on the fast food, low energy society that we have become. Far too often we feel that it is safer to keep our c... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong03rd August 2007
Life now, unlike those of our grandparents, is in for a fast ride. No room nor time for dilly-dallying. Delays do not have space in the agenda. Nowadays, unlike those they reminiscently call “the good ol' days,” people make it a point to sa... Read >
Author: joan01st August 2007
Depending on your racial or your ethnic background, you may find that it is much more difficult to lose weight than other people of other races. So does that mean it is impossible to lose any weight at all, or is it going to frustrate you to the point of ... Read >
Author: Shafir Ahmad13th 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... Read >
Author: Donald Saunders12th July 2007
It is a fact that obesity in America is rising at an astronomical rate. When compared to obesity rates ten even fifteen years ago, it is clearly noticeable that a considerable percentage of America is getting fatter, and that’s the plain unvarnished tru... Read >
Author: Krishan Bakhru02nd July 2007
Adolescent obesity has skyrocketed in recent years. During the 1980s, adolescent obesity rates hung at around 5%, but today they are close to 15%, according to the National Center of Health Statistics. This 10% increase can be linked to a number of develo... Read >
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 ... Read >
Author: Arthur Buchanan23rd May 2007
Summer is coming, and that sometimes brings up horror to many people in the form of two words: BATHING SUITS! With obesity rates at an all-time high at the same time perfect sexual images are inescapably thrust in our faces, it’s a wonder many of us e... Read >
Author: Dr. Nancy B. Irwin21st April 2007
Studies around the world are clearly showing that obesity rates continue to climb despite the weight–loss industry being worth billions of dollars. With all the aids to weight loss why is it that people continue to get fatter?
The answer lies in h... Read >
Author: Alwyn Beikoff19th April 2007
There are over 180 million Americans who are overweight and almost 90 million of them are severely overweight, or obese. That means 30% of adults in the United States are so overweight that they are at an increased risk for at least 30 medical conditions,... Read >
Author: D Beart27th March 2007
Recently, the Tyra Banks Show promoted Tyra's new "So What" attitude campaign. Tyra had been taking some heat on her apparent weight gain and had enough. Her audience all wore t-shirts with numbers on them. It was their bodyweight. She then had some o... Read >
Author: Adam Kessler27th March 2007
Obesity in the developed countries has become a real health issue in recent times. Since 1980s, obesity rates have doubled and now 1 in 3 adults in the United States are classed as obese. United States is closely followed by United Kingdom where 1 in 5 ad... Read >
Author: Mila Spivak01st March 2007
It is no secret that the average person in the western world is getting bigger. This trend is not showing any signs of abating and in fact things are looking even more bleak for the future. Things such as internet houses are now being built which will ena... Read >
Author: Steve Hill08th November 2006
Overweight and obesity are undesirable as they can cause many health issues including diabetes, high blood cholesterol levels, heart disease, etc. People who are overweight or obese should not hesitate to put themselves on diet in order to lower or avoid ... Read >
Author: Ng Peng Hock02nd October 2006
If you eat too much fattening food one day, can you be good and eat less the next day? The answer is probably no for most people. Eating too much can easily lead to over-weight or even obesity that can in turn put people at risk of heart disease.
Large... Read >
Author: Ng Peng Hock21st August 2006
The Government predicts that by 2025, obesity rates in children will be a frightening statistic. It is thought that around 33% of girls and 25% of boys will be clinically obese. This means overweight to the extent that their health will be likely to suffe... Read >
Author: michael challiner08th August 2006
The traditional view of gym class is changing all over the United States. While most of us remember the endless games of kick ball and calisthenics, students at all grade levels are having a very different experience in elementary schools, middle school... Read >
Author: Stacy Andell13th January 2006
Diet is a quite important matter for diabetic people. Everything they eat may have a consequence positive or not in their disease evolution. According to researchers from Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, overweight Latino ... Read >
Author: Hector Milla14th September 2005
Where are Apples and Asparagus to confine Obesity?
The Obesity rates are alarming today. With the growing public awareness and workshops conducted on preventing obesity, no significant changes have been noticed yet. Why are Obese or over weig... Read >
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