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A new analysis carried out by investigators from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) – part of the National Institutes of Health, and collaborators from a dozen other major research institutions worldwide, concluded that healthy non-smoking adults with a body mass index (BMI) between 20.0 and 24.9 have the lowe... |
2 December 2010
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Parent-only treatments against childhood obesity work as well as those that include both parents and the child, concluded a new study led by a researcher at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.The current approach in treating childhood obesity is to include both parents and the child in a plan ... |
22 October 2010
03:37 GMT |
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A new study carried out by a Duke University obesity researcher shows that the cost of obesity for full-time employees in the United States has reached the huge amount of $73.1 billion.This research measured the cost of obesity among full-time workers for each individual, according to 3 factors: employee medical expe... |
8 October 2010
10:11 GMT |
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In a recent scientific study, researchers established that even obese individuals who have healthy metabolisms might improve their health levels considerably by losing a few pounds. For the purpose of this investigation, a healthy metabolism was considered to exhibit normal levels of cholesterol and blood sugars. In ... |
4 October 2010
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Australian health authorities recommend exclusive breastfeeding for babies to six months of age, but despite this, there are children as young as four weeks that are being badly fed.A new Australian research carried out on 587 women from two Perth maternity hospitals, revealed that nearly one in four mothers started ... |
6 September 2010
10:22 GMT |
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A new report in the August 9/23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine says that people with a large waist circumference have bigger risks of dying over a period of nine years.Researchers at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta analyzed the possible link between risk of death and waist circumference in 48,500 men a... |
10 August 2010
06:30 GMT |
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A scientific study carried out by veterinary researchers at the University of Glasgow, concluded that six out of ten pet dogs were overweight or obese. This phenomenon is determined by pets' alimentary habits, lack of exercise and their owners' age and fortune. The research was published in the Journal of S... |
30 July 2010
10:50 GMT |
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Political correctness will be the end of us, British public health minister Anne Milton believes, at least as regards the obesity epidemic that is sweeping over the world and leading the NHS in the UK to financial ruin. One way to end it and make those who need help just how bad a state they’re in to speak the ... |
29 July 2010
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Canadian scientists made a new study on the link between overweight and obese mothers and the risk of preterm births. The results show that normal weight women have less chances of giving birth before 37 weeks and having an overweight newborn. The study was published yesterday on bmj.com.For the research, the team to... |
21 July 2010
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It’s long been argued that fat people are hated – not because they harm anyone but themselves (as opposed to smokers, for instance) but because their situation, their figure, is something they have brought upon themselves. That is to say, people who have weight issues are considered fat, a belief str... |
21 April 2010
14:31 GMT |
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Jamie Oliver is not the man to mince his words when he’s got something on his mind, and he’s certainly not about to start on a topic that’s apparently so close to his heart: the NHS in his home country, England. After watching a BBC documentary on sick children, the chef took to his Twitter page to ... |
9 April 2010
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Millions of women strive to lose some weight and live a healthy life, one that allows them to keep active and in top shape. Donna Simpson of New Jersey, US, already the holder of the Guinness record of world’s fattest mom, has a different opinion of how happiness should be, and has set her sight on becoming the... |
15 March 2010
14:31 GMT |
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More and more people are classified as overweight or obese with each passing day in what has been generally referred to as the obesity epidemics. Health experts constantly issue warnings about the health risks the obese and overweight are exposed to because of the many extra pounds, but the danger for them lurks from... |
20 October 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Laura Ripley is 25 years old and lives in the UK. In 2008, she was given an £8,000 operation on the NHS, helping her lose 16 stone (over 100 kg). Thanks to it, not only is she now much slimmer, having gone down from 38 stone (over 240 kg) to 22 stone (139 kg), but, what’s more important, she is alive, sin... |
30 July 2009
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A British woman with serious fertility issues, Melanie King, was told she was too fat to adopt when she and her husband, Jason, wanted to initiate the procedures to have a baby. Morbidly obese because of several health complications, King decided to lose all the extra weight with the all-liquid, severe Cambridge diet... |
22 July 2009
15:51 GMT |
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Being fat is certainly not reason for discrimination and anyone judging another person solely on account of how much they weigh should perhaps be given a similar treatment with the very first opportunity. Still, what television and the media in general are trying to do now is to promote some sort of positive discrimi... |
14 May 2009
13:21 GMT |
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A 24-year-old British woman, the fattest mother of triplets ever, has come again to the attention of the media for admitting that she feeds her kids junk food – and has been doing so ever since they were as young as six-month-old. Yet, Leanne Salt sees no problem in doing so, and insists her babies are healthy,... |
29 April 2009
14:51 GMT |
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The recent news in the headlines, which claim that fat people could somehow change the planet if they simply started eating less, have generated a lot of debate on the Internet. While some agree and say that the obese and overweight should start consuming less, others maintain that it's simply rude to hang all t... |
22 April 2009
10:58 GMT |
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Last month, one British family made all the national and international headlines after telling the media that they were being discriminated against for being overweight. The Chawners from Blackburn, UK, made it a point of voicing their dissatisfaction with the world for accusing them that they had no job, no plans fo... |
9 April 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Amidst intense talk about the obesity epidemic and the measures the state can take to fight it off, or at least keep it under acceptable limits, it turns out that even the staff that should be physically fit are far from it. Emergency response personnel are getting heavier by the year, but so are auxiliary medical st... |
24 March 2009
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Precisely one week ago, the case of the Chawner family from Blackburn, UK, made international headlines when the four members talked with a celebrity glossy magazine and said they were asking for more government money on the basis that they were too fat to work. The Chawners are now taking back their previous stateme... |
24 March 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Although the case of the Chawner family from Blackburn, UK, perhaps fails to ring a bell with most people, it has managed to cause quite a stir in the British media, and things have just been taken to a whole new level with the latest statements coming from its members. The mother, father and two daughters, known for... |
17 March 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Obese people were granted the right to benefit from two seats on an airplane, even if they only buy one ticket. The decision came after companies such as Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and West Jet protested against a previous ruling on the matter. The new decision is permanent, and the companies have to implement it st... |
21 November 2008
09:04 GMT |
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Obesity kills over 160,000 US citizens annually. In just 25 years, the number of obese people in the US boomed from 15 % to 33 %. Oppositely, in 1980, 8% of the British women and 6% of men were entered in the obese category. By 2004, this percentage had increased to 24% for both sexes. Obesity is accompanied by two o... |
12 May 2008
10:25 GMT |
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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 an... |
5 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Lazy people should sleep more. But how can a hard working man be an obese person? A new Japanese research shows that men who sleep less than five hours a night are exposed to turning obese and to having high levels of glucose in the blood, which is the first step towards diabetes."Lack of sleep triggers a hormone in ... |
14 March 2008
14:06 GMT |
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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... |
14 March 2008
14:06 GMT |
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There's no much motivation in making a man engulf a huge steak with French fries and a large beer. Losing weight is another issue. Still, there is hope: warning overweight men that the extra fat can lead to impotence could be a crucial and effective urge to make them adopt weight-loss strategies."Most men are ob... |
12 March 2008
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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 t... |
14 February 2008
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What's the connection between the red leaves of the fall and human obesity? Anthocyanins are red/purple/reddish pigments encountered in grape skins, blueberries, blackberries, purple corn, and other plant matters, but they give the reddened colors of the autumn leaves as well. Now, a team from Arkansas, led by R... |
12 February 2008
05:46 GMT |
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Obesity goes far beyond the fatty tissues. A new research published in "Cell Metabolism" shows that the brain nuclei connected to appetite are wired differently in some obese people. "The study was conducted in rats, not humans, and yet it could ultimately lead to novel obesity treatments. It is not just about drugs ... |
6 February 2008
06:48 GMT |
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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 ... |
5 February 2008
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OK, I must confess I really don't like where all this Eminem drama is going. I mean, how come everybody who was famous about the same time Britney was famous is having a meltdown? It's like she set the tone, or something along these lines. The Britney virus - yes, that has a certain sound to it - we should ... |
18 January 2008
10:58 GMT |
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Any person has an ideal weight depending on sex, age, and the general shape of the body. Bit food disorders can affect severely this, and also the emotional state. An adult consumes on average 14 kg (30 pounds) of food per week. We need food to ensure the function of our organs (like heart and liver) development and ... |
11 January 2008
16:36 GMT |
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Eminem - the real Slim Shady, the white rapper who achieved fame and respect in addition to a lot of money and his own record label, the man with a star-studded inner circle (including famous protégés 50 Cent and Akon), the obsessive workaholic who worked day in day out to make his songs better, stronger, more haunting... |
11 January 2008
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Western world is experiencing an obesity pandemics, triggered by high-calorie content food, overeating and sedentariness. A new research published in "The Journal of Neuroscience" and carried on by a team led by Dr. Maribel Rios, an assistant professor of neuroscience at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sci... |
28 December 2007
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Being overweight is more than a risk for your health: it can completely end up your lineage. Being too skinny translates too low sex drive and sterility, in both women and men, but the opposite too seems to strike on fertility level: a new Dutch research published in the Human Reproduction journal shows that an overw... |
12 December 2007
14:06 GMT |
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Being overweight or obese does not only ruin your inner systems, but also exposes you to external factors. A new research published in the journal Inhalation Toxicology connected higher body mass index (BMI) with increased sensibility to ozone. Short-term exposure to ozone provokes a temporary lung functioning drop i... |
29 November 2007
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This is one of the most unexpected results related to the emancipation of women: kids get increasingly fatter. A novel study made at the University of Bristol and published in Research in Public Policy from the Center for Market and Public Organization revealed that children aged 5 to 7, whose mothers had a full-time... |
23 November 2007
04:32 GMT |
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The Western world is experiencing a pandemic of obesity. Over 60 % of the American adults are overweight or obese and this is a growing tendency. How does this influence people's minds?A new Cornell research published in the journal Eating Behaviors revealed that 90 % of the 310 college female subjects would lik... |
22 November 2007
04:39 GMT |
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Nicotine pumped by smoking mothers into their babies growing inside the wombs is known to affect the brain's development, causing long-term behavioral and learning impairment. A 2007 research found that nicotine in the breast milk shortens a baby's sleep time. And this new Japanese research points to anothe... |
1 November 2007
05:28 GMT |
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We have become more aware of the fact that obesity causes heart issues, hypertension, stroke and diabetes. Now, obesity has been linked to cancer. Obese people are six times more vulnerable to gullet (esophageal) cancer than people of average weight, as found by a recent British research. Levels of esophageal cancer ... |
18 October 2007
03:33 GMT |
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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 ... |
24 September 2007
02:51 GMT |
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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... |
15 September 2007
04:18 GMT |
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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. Pe... |
3 September 2007
05:36 GMT |
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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 wome... |
31 August 2007
03:29 GMT |
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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... |
31 August 2007
02:45 GMT |
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The western diets are very tricky: besides the health problems they produce (like heart, liver or kidney issues, or gout), they have also the yo-yo effect: subjects regain quickly the lost weight when they stop the diet, and even gain more. Less stress, more physical exercise and a healthy life style could help. The ... |
18 August 2007
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The only magical formula to get slim is combining diet and exercising. But in the case of the persons that are prone to obesity, drugs and natural products can help, as long as they are taken under the medical control, as most of them have secondary effects. Orlistat is commercialized under the name of Xenical, and b... |
28 July 2007
06:19 GMT |
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The 9/11 event killed about 3,000 Americans. Since then, over 10 million Americans have died not because of age-related issues, most of them from causes that might have been prevented. 1. Heart disease killed between 2000-2005 3,119,142 Americans. Cases of death caused by heart disease are related to the obesity pand... |
26 July 2007
14:16 GMT |
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