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While sitting in a coffee shop working on an article, I heard a discussion at the next table that was particularly distressing. What was troubling about the conversation is that one of the people was a middle-aged woman who was not what American culture deems to be acceptable. She was overweight, but she was well [...]
A recent study shows with no doubt the close link between viewing unhealthy food advertisements on TV and overweight children. According to many reports watching television is the most engaging activity, except sleeping, for many kids. Besides the fact watching TV is a sedentary activity, the study concluded that the consequence of averaging 22 hours [...]
A study published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition claims that the doctors start giving attention to the children of overweight parents very early- by the age of 4 at the latest. “We found dramatic increase in body fat between ages three and six”, said Dr Robert Berkowitz, who led the study. He was also [...]
1994 is memorable year for the obese. During the year leptin was discovered. With this discovery, the information about appetite, food intake, storage type of adipose tissues, hormonal mechanisms, development of insulin resistance etc came to light. This stock of information has made the treatment of obesity easier.
The knowledge gained dealing with the influence [...]
How to beat obesity is by understanding it, the reason most people become overweight or obese is due to taking in more calories than they need on a regular basis. Those surplus calories are converted into extra weight. The tendency toward weight gain differs from one person to another due to factors like metabolism, health [...]
Obesity in children, if not addressed immediately, can have serious effects on the population. Child obesity has a high likelihood of progressing even during the adult years, which heightens the risk of getting asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease later in life. In the United States, for example, about 15% of children are [...]
It’s difficult to turn on the TV these days without seeing a report on just how unhealthy our kids are. The number of children who are dangerously overweight, practically obese, has skyrocketed in recent years.
What’s the Danger?
An obese child has a 70% larger risk of becoming an obese adult, and closer to 80% if one [...]
About four years ago at a health conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, I proposed a mechanism which explained the recent explosion in obesity world wide. After all these years, it seems that I may have been right. Environmental pollutants, from mercury to benzene, pesticides to plastics and many others, may actually inhibit the bodies ability [...]
According to Wikipedia, obesity is defined as a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and other mammals, is increased to a point where it is associated with certain health conditions or increased mortality. Translation: obesity is not good, but the bad news is that it isn’t [...]
When one is incredibly overweight according to charts of normal height and weight growth, one is said to be obese. The problem is essentially a nutritional one, and it effects millions of people in the United States alone. Young infants and children can be obese. They are a lot more likely to develop the problem [...]
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