Too Heavy for Wii Fit? Nintendo Has the Answers
	Wii Fit battles against Grand Theft Auto IV in many countries for the No. 1 best seller spot: I say that just to let you know how big Wii Fit is (no pun intended). Now, even though most of us are very happy with the game, the balance board and the illusion that it will turn them into thin, healthy, shiny happy people (REM did part of that), there are also The Others. The Others are generally people with... weight issues, let' ... [read more >>]
	30 May 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Wii Fit Says Girl Is Fat, Traumatizes Her
	It seems that Nintendo's Wii Fit can be wrong every now and them and, what is even more disturbing for many people, it has adverse effects on users. At least that's the result of a young ten year-old girl who used the Wii Fit which told her that she was fat&l ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why Having Big Buttocks Is Good for Your Health
	We are told that an increased Body Mass Index (BMI) makes us prone to a large array of diseases. But, as it turns out, fat located under the skin, especially on the buttocks, seems to actually decrease the chances of developing type 2 diabetes, as signaled by a new research published in the Cell Metabolism journal and carried out at The Harvard Medical School. Subcutaneous fat seems to have opposite effects to visceral fat, t ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 06:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Your Number of Fat Cells Is the Same Since Adolescence
	Whether you look like Peter Doherty or Michael Moore, there is a fixed number of fat cells in your body since adolescence, as revealed by a new research published in the journal Nature and carried out at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. This number of adipocytes (fat cells) seems to be achieved during teen years and then remains constant in life, even if bodyweight can and does vary a lot. The Swedish researchers tested sub ... [read more >>]
	05 May 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Breakthrough: Losing Weight While Not Cutting Down on Eating
	This could be the dream of any junk food lover and sport hating couch potato: becoming slim without decreasing food consumption. In a research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an Australian team has found a possible way of losing weight without limiting food intake, a breakthrough that could lead to fat-burning drugs. By manipulating fat cells in mice, the authors managed to increase the rodents&# ... [read more >>]
	29 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Birds, Dinosaurs and Brown Fat
	The ordinary lard is more than familiar to most of us. However, mammals also have a different fatty tissue called brown fat, involved in generating heat. A new study made at New York Medical College and published in the journal BMC Biology has discovered why birds lack this tissue. In the end, birds are actually living dinosaurs, and the lack of heat-generating brown tissue may have been one of the factors that led to the extinct ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2008, 02:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Trans-Fats Are Harmful for the Boobs
	When trans-fats were made for the first time, they were seen as the solution against artery clogging animal fats. Trans-fats or trans-fatty acids are made by solidifying oily fats by hydrogenization (adding hydrogen atoms into their molecule). Margarine was the best solution for replacing the harmful butter and lard. But now, after researches showed that trans-fats clog arteries just like the animal products, they also have been ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Belly Fat Produces Powerful Hunger Hormone
	Bad news. Having a big belly seems to mean that you'll have an even bigger one. A new research published in the FASEB Journal and carried out by a team led by Dr. Kaiping Yang at the Lawson Health Research Institute affiliated with the University of Western Ontario shows that abdominal fat tissue synthesizes a hormone that stimulates fat cell production and hunger: Neuropeptide Y (NPY), previously believed to be synthesized only in th ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2008, 03:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A $2 (1.2 Euro) Slimming Pill Against Obesity Pandemic
	Obesity involves in most cases a lack of will. And the pandemic is rising. For most of these people eating less and healthier or exercising represent terrible ordeals. Taking a pill would be the ideal solution. There is already Xenical, a prescription-only anti-obesity drug. Its active chemical is Orlistat, a lipase inhibitor: it inactivates the enzymes called lipases, responsible for breaking down fat in the gut. The idea is ... [read more >>]
	16 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fat-Rich Diet of Pregnant Women Translates into Future Obese Adult Progeny
	Like mother, like son. What your mother ate while pregnant with you is reflected in how you look. So says a Brazilian team who published its research made on rats in the journal "Lipids in Health and Disease." Pregnant and lactating rat females nurtured on a diet of hydrogenated fat rich in trans fatty acids, during pregnancy and lactation, had offspring who were fatter than those resulted after a normal diet. The harmful effects ... [read more >>]
	07 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A Big Belly Destroys Your Brain
	Overweight and obesity at middle age can cause more health problems than metabolic syndrome, the array of conditions like atherosclerosis, heart diseases, diabetes and high cholesterol, which in many cases lead to death. A new research published in the journal "Neurology" has connected the fact of having a large belly in midlife with a tripled risk of developing dementia. "Considering that 50% of adults in this country h ... [read more >>]
	27 March 2008, 15:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Yak Cheese Is a Miracle
	Now, we have found the secret of the strong health of the Tibetan and Himalayan populations. It is in that woolly beast called yak. More precisely in its cheese. Cheese lovers have got a new target item, as a team of researchers from Nepal (a Himalayan state) and Canada has found that yak cheese has higher ... [read more >>]
	18 March 2008, 05:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Obesity Strikes the Boobs
	Large women may pride on their huge breasts. But size is exactly the cause of their end. A new research published in the journal of "Clinical Cancer Research" shows that overweight or obese women with breast cancer experiencea more aggressive condition and have lower survival rates. "The more obese a patient is, the more aggressive the disease. We are learning that the fat tissue may increase inflammation that ... [read more >>]
	14 March 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sumo, the Ritual Japanese Wrestling
	For most westerners Japan is the country of sushi, samurai, aiki-do and sumo. The last one is a type of wrestling between fighters with enormous weights. Sumo is a ritual fight, and the combatants make prayers to the gods before wrestling. The aim of sumo is that the fighter must throw his adversary out of the circle in whose center they wrestle using sheer physical force. The origins of sumo can be placed during mythical ... [read more >>]
	14 March 2008, 11:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

World's Fattest Man Has Lost 230 kg (507 Pounds)!
	Guinness World Records registered the Mexican Manuel Uribe as the world's fattest human: he had reached 560 kilos (1,244 pounds) in weight. Uribe, who lives in Monterrey (northern Mexico), has proudly announced Tuesday that he had dropped 230 kilograms (570 pounds), almost half his original weight, much rapidly than doctors expected. "I'm going to throw a big party," Manuel Uribe told AFP. "I'm getting ... [read more >>]
	14 February 2008, 04:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Irregular Exercising Makes You Even Fatter!
	Want a brake from your training program? Think twice! It could cost you more than you thought, as found by a new research from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and published in the journal "Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise." Weight gained during a rest period can be harder to get rid of when exercise is resumed later. The key of staying trim is to remain active year-round, yea ... [read more >>]
	05 February 2008, 03:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Want to Get Slim? Eat Proteins!
	A hamburger loaded with fats and carbohydrates followed by a fat and sugar rich ice cream are the worst solutions for easing your hunger. In fact, an American team has found in a research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism that a high in protein meal seems to be the best solution for keeping hunger in check, in a real breakthrough understanding of how various diets work. Proteins were found to ... [read more >>]
	30 January 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

6 Health Effects of the Walnuts
	The (European) walnut tree (Juglans regia) is native in a region stretching from the Balkans eastward to the Himalayas and southwest China. It is one of the oldest cultivated tree species. It forms a vigorous trunk of 18-25 m (60-83 ft) in height and over 1 m (3.3 m) in diameter. The tree grows slowly in its first years and starts fructifying late. That's why cultivated walnut trees are grafted for an early fructification at ... [read more >>]
	28 January 2008, 16:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why Does a Big Belly Cause a Heart Attack?
	Big bellies (no matter if because of the beer or the junk food) represent a high risk of heart attacks and strokes. This was found by many researches, but no study could explain why the visceral fat boosts these health problems. This appears to be explained by a new research published in the journal "Circulation" and carried out by a team of the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center: inflammation around the visceral fa ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 06:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Probiotic Bacteria Can Make You Slim!
	Even if you cannot see them, there are billions of bugs swarming around you, on you and in you. An yogurt introduces billions of bacteria into your gut and the "probiotics" ones standing in your intestines are believed to alleviate many issues from bowel disease to allergies. A new research published in the Molecular Systems Biology and carried out on mice has found that "probiotic" food can change metabolism and even ... [read more >>]
	16 January 2008, 03:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Women Living in Rural Areas Have Healthier Boobs
	Well, we know that healthy food and fresh unpolluted air in the rural areas are the secret of the strong health in the case of people living in the country, but this discovery goes deeper: women living in urban areas have even unhealthy denser breasts, fact that turns them more prone to developing breast cancer, as found by a new research presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). &quo ... [read more >>]
	27 November 2007, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Cocktail Makes the Brain Grow
	You have to eat well to function well. To grow muscles you need proteins in your food. We stimulate our brain with various products, from caffeine to lecithin. But what about a cocktail making your brain grow? A MIT team has discovered that a cocktail made of 3 chemicals, normally found in the blood stream, boosts the formation of new synapses (brain cell connections), improving cognitive skills in rodents, as it is detailed in the res ... [read more >>]
	27 November 2007, 04:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What's Your Metabolic Type?
	Metabolism is the process through which the body processes and burns the nutrients. Even the basal metabolism (when the person is resting) varies among different individuals. In the end, the balance between storing and burning defines the way we look. 1. Miserly type. It characterizes individuals that can store with maximum efficiency everything from food. During our evolutionary stage of hunters-gatherers, this would have me ... [read more >>]
	24 November 2007, 04:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fat Food Means Bad Sleep
	Too much ice-cream, bacon and cheese means more than a big belly and bad cholesterol. Fat rich diets seem to also impair the body’s internal clock, as found by a new research published in Cell Metabolism. The fatty diet on mice induced a rapid change in their normal activity patterns: the rodents ate more during the day, when mice, nocturnal mammals, should have been asleep. All these were linked to a change in the molecules involved in ... [read more >>]
	07 November 2007, 03:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Breastfed Children Are More Intelligent!
	A research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found a gene that improves IQ in breastfed children. Having the FADS2 gene made children score, on average, 7 points more in IQ tests if they were breastfed. The study found breastfeeding had no effect on the IQ of children with a different version. This gene, found in 90 % of the people, is known to encode enzymes involved in the metabolism of fa ... [read more >>]
	06 November 2007, 05:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sexy Women Have Smarter Children
	The beauties of Rubens could have been sent to the Association of Anonymous Obese. And even Marylin Monroe would be a Miss Piggy compared to current fashion models. But regardless of race, culture and time, a relatively slim waist is that part of the woman body which has triggered the most and continuous interest in males. Clearly, plump women were preferred by Europeans over slim ones in the past centuries, but what was constant was t ... [read more >>]
	03 November 2007, 05:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

9 Reasons For a Good Night Sleep
	"You snooze, you lose". Is that so? All vertebrates sleep, from fish to mammals, and birds even take naps while flying! Even some invertebrates, like insects, sleep. An animal deprived of sleep dies sooner than if it lacks food, because sleep is an imperative metabolic need. The stress induced by the urban life impairs severely our sleep time. And many jobs, like those of doctors, policemen, firemen, truck drivers, workers in ... [read more >>]
	31 October 2007, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Vibrations Could Make You Lean!
	Would you like to pig out, not to work and still be thin? Good news: this could happen! A new research made in lab mice which spent 15 minutes daily on a vibrating platform found that they grew 28 % less fatty tissue than the group of control animals. But do not be fooled by waistband-jiggling vibration belts. The platform delivered extremely subtle, almost undetectable vibrations. These tremors could have imitated muscle move ... [read more >>]
	25 October 2007, 04:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

14 Amazing Facts about Whales
	1.Cetaceans (whales and dolphins) appeared 50 million years ago (the oldest known whale being Pakicetus), having (as revealed by DNA) a common origin with …the hippopotamus (!). 40 million years ago whales were divided into baleen whales and toothed whales. The oldest known baleen whale is Mamalodon (that lived 25 million years ago in Australia). The first gigantic baleen whales appeared 5 million years ago. 2.There are 15 species of ... [read more >>]
	17 October 2007, 16:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Less Fatty Food, Less Cancer
	It is the fifth killer type of cancer for women, being diagnosed in 20,000 people annually in US alone, and 15,000 die of it in the same period. Women have 2 % chances of getting this cancer throughout their life. Moreover, the ovarian cancer is difficult detect in its early stages, when chances of being cured are higher. A new research led by Dr. Ross Prentice of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in Seattle, has found out th ... [read more >>]
	10 October 2007, 05:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Less Sleep = Fatter
	Those who wake up early ... get fat! A new study reveals that children who don't sleep enough are more prone to grow obese when adults. It appears that less sleep impedes the body from synthesizing enough amounts of a hormone that inhibits the appetite. The Australian researchers at the University of Queensland in Brisbane investigating young children from birth to 21 found those who had sleeping impairments were almost ... [read more >>]
	24 September 2007, 02:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Have You Ever Drunk ... Moose Milk?
	It may already sound weird for you when you hear about people whose diet is based on camel or reindeer or yak milk and the resulting diary products, but what about moose milk? A moose may be familiar to you if you live in a northern area, but more as stew and barbecue, not in your banana shake. In fact, people have been attempting to domesticate the world's largest deer for centuries, both for meat and milking, and now they have f ... [read more >>]
	21 September 2007, 03:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Not Get Fat While at Work
	Most jobs contribute to our sedentary life, and this combined to a disordered feeding pattern, will make you fat. In fact, 50 % of the employees gain weight while at work. 20 % of them put on some extra 5 kilograms (12 pounds), and 10 % some 9 kilograms (20 pounds). The daily program won't let you go to the gym and most people do not know how to eat healthy. Moreover, coffee and sweets machines are common inside the companies, ins ... [read more >>]
	15 September 2007, 08:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Can Obese People Be Healthy?
	A recent research has showed that skinny people can have a lot of visceral fat, the kind that is stored inside the abdomen, and which is the most dangerous, causing diabetes and other diseases. In 2005, Katherine M. Flegal, a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made a statistical analysis of national survey data on obesity to find an amazing result: mildly overweight adults had a decreased risk of dying, compa ... [read more >>]
	15 September 2007, 04:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The World's Map of the Fat
	The issue is not all about being a big boy only. You can be big, fat and healthy, if you practice sports and an obese (inside) skinny couch potato. The question is not just "how much" but also "where". A recent research has shown that different ethnic groups tend to store fat exactly where it does induce more harm. People of Chinese and South Asian (Indian) ancestry tend to store more inner abdominal fat than people ... [read more >>]
	03 September 2007, 05:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Female Sex Hormones and Women's Obesity
	If a babe does not match your aesthetic principles, don't blame her for that, but put it on the play between her brain and her sexual hormones. And indeed, menopause can make women fat. A new research managed to solve how hormonal change during menopause could provoke higher appetite and weight gain in aging women. Animal lab tests revealed how estrogen receptors located in the hypothalamus control food intake, energy waste and ... [read more >>]
	31 August 2007, 03:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Rich People, Less Likely to Be Obese
	Quality food is more expensive, this is a fact. And quality food means a higher nutritive value (proteins, minerals and vitamins), while the cheap junk food is rich in starches and oils, caloric bombs that are deposited in abundant fatty layers. Now, a new research at the University of Washington showed a correlation between financial power and obesity level: those inhabiting chic neighborhoods with high property values are l ... [read more >>]
	31 August 2007, 02:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Plot Literally 'Thickens' in Tekken 6 – New Character Revealed
	Finally some Tekken 6 news. I was beginning to think Namco was dropping the PS3 exclusive. So what if the latest Tekken 6 news says there's a new, overweight character ridiculously named Bob, featuring the worst background in the history of the series' characters? At least [ADMARK=1 ... [read more >>]
	30 August 2007, 11:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 10 Issues that Make You Grow Old Earlier
	The knife cannot solve everything and it is not the elixir of youth. A healthy life style is much cheaper and more effective. Bad habits make you grow old too soon. These, however, are the worst: 1. Stress. People who are not able to get rid of it get older earlier. It decreases our immunity (thus infection resistance) and increases the risk of heart conditions. Too much stress means and older immune system. 2. Alcohol: to ... [read more >>]
	22 August 2007, 13:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

No Fats for Children is Dangerous
	If you think you can help your little child become a fashion model, that's very risky. A new research showed that parents who eliminate all types of fats from their children's alimentation could cause serious health issues for their kids. It is well known fact that some amount of 'good' fats, like olive and sunflower oils, is crucial for proper growth and development. But the increasing children obesity level has pu ... [read more >>]
	20 August 2007, 04:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Obesity, Linked to the Bones!
	A big bone means more than just a big hunk. And in fact, the way you look is shaped by your bones more than you would have thought. We already know that bones produce red and white blood cells, store calcium and help control blood pH. But that's more on the story: a new research shows that bones release a protein called osteocalcin involved in controlling sugar and fat absorption, thus acting like a hormone. Gerard Karsenty, a ge ... [read more >>]
	10 August 2007, 02:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

By 2008, No More Implants: Stem Cells for Bigger Boobs
	It's cleat that breasts are rather a sexual ‘mark’ than having a clear breastfeeding purpose in humans. Because otherwise it's hard to explain 300,000 breast augmentations and reconstructions performed in the US only in 2006, a triple number compared to 1997: any woman wants to feel attractive. But the classical implant technique posses many complications and dangerous consequences for one’s health. Clinical data shows that 56,17 ... [read more >>]
	06 August 2007, 14:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What's the Secret of Slimming?
	What do doctors say? In order to lose weight a personalized diet is necessary (developed by an endocrinologist or a nutritional doctor) and also a lot of physical exercise. The nutritional advisor can cost you $ 250 per hour. You go to the restaurant with the personal advisor that will suggest you a turkey scallop with boiled potatoes instead of cordon bleu (480 calories instead of 927); or to replace the salami pizza with a vegetarian ... [read more >>]
	04 August 2007, 06:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Injections Dissolve Body Fat
	The way you look is a combination of genetics, diet and sports. When all three are not right, the result is lousy. Giving up the habit of eating junk food and starting practicing sports is the nightmare of any couch potato. Here comes the salvation: some American doctors say a new technique called lipodissolve is a viable alternative to surgical liposuction. "The procedure, which has yet to be approved by the U.S. Food ... [read more >>]
	27 July 2007, 14:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Friends Can Make You Obese!
	Junk food is considered to be the cause for the fat epidemics: in just 25 years, the number of obese people boomed in the US from 15 % to 33 %. But nobody sticks fatty food in your mouth. At least not directly. However, mentally this happens quite often. And the main culprits are your obese friends. They can make you believe that the norm is being big, and this way you could be by 50 % more likely to get obese, just like they are. A ne ... [read more >>]
	26 July 2007, 03:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Light Soda Linked to Obesity and Heart Attack
	For a self conscious couch potato, light variant of the sodas (the so-called sugar-free types) would be the solution against the sumo belly and all its accompanying metabolic syndrome issues, like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, elevated levels of the blood triglycerides (saturated fats) and low levels of the artery-protecting HDL cholesterol. Still, a new research has found that drinking more than one soda daily, ... [read more >>]
	24 July 2007, 02:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

75% of the Americans Will Be Obese by 2015
	Junk food produces dangerous effects on the people living in the US. At the current weight gain tendency, Rubensian models will be the norm by 2015, with 75 % of U.S. adults being overweight and 41% obese, warned a recent Johns Hopkins University meta-analysis released on Wednesday. The research team investigated 20 researches approaching the weight and food behavior in the US, published in the journal Epidemiologic Reviews. "Obesity ... [read more >>]
	23 July 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Junk Food Fed Gulls Become Sterile!
	The fact that obese people have fertility problems is a well-known fact. Obesity raises the risk for C-Section, impedes breastfeeding, while these children are more prone to high birth weight and childhood obesity and chronic disease. More than half of the overweight and obese women get excessive weight during pregnancy. The same problem is also faced by our pets. All these problems appear in our society due to our diet based ... [read more >>]
	23 July 2007, 06:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Fattest Man on the Planet: 560 kg (1,244 pounds)!
	Guinness World Records is going to register him. Mexican Manuel Uribe had reached 560 kilos (1,244 pounds) weight but has already lost 200 kilos (444 pounds) because of the Zone diet. Uribe wants to also break the record for drastic slimming. "I'm happy to be included in the Guinness World Records as the fattest man on the planet. I'm also happy that I have managed slimming 200 kg", said Uribe, now aged 42. He li ... [read more >>]
	21 July 2007, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

6 Reasons Why We Eat Without Being Hungry
	"We eat for living, not live for eating". Indeed, we need food to ensure our daily survival, health and functioning. But there are, this is what psychologists say, at least other six reasons that make us get fatter and fatter. Fortunately, knowing and admitting them helps us in turning them ineffective. 1.Individuals that eat for pleasure. These are the so-called real gourmands. Their sense must be stimulated by var ... [read more >>]
	20 July 2007, 14:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia