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We hear much talk of the obesity pandemics yet, for many of us, forming a picture of what lays ahead of us is difficult unless specific numbers are also computed. This is precisely the premise of a report drew up by Kenneth Thorpe, chairman of the department of health policy and management at Emory University in Atla... |
18 November 2009
16:11 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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Health experts constantly warn us of the obesity pandemic that is sweeping over the world, but, for some reason or another, we as individuals fail to see ourselves as part of the problem, choosing instead to stand outside of it, looking in. A recent study, for instance, shows that most of those who fall in the obese ... |
23 September 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Were one to divide people by the stances they take towards body weight, we could probably note two major categories: one that speaks for acceptance and embracing the body each and every one of us lives in, and another that is completely opposed to anything beyond the limits of “normalcy,” meaning either s... |
1 September 2009
13:31 GMT |
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The case of Alexander Draper, the 14-year-old boy who weighs an impressive 555 pounds, has brought a very sensitive issue up for discussion again. His mother, Jerri Gray, was arrested in June and charged with criminal neglect, but that does not stop the question from arising: is she really responsible for the state h... |
23 July 2009
15:31 GMT |
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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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Concerned about the ever-increasing rate of obesity in children, researchers in east London have decided to conduct a study to determine how many steps of the recommended number young boys and girls took or ran. However, several 11 and 12-year-olds, all obese, found a way of cheating on the exercise study by clipping... |
13 July 2009
13:51 GMT |
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We’ve become so accustomed to seeing and reading the so-called inspirational stories of celebrities who lose a significant amount of weight over short period of times that we often stop to wonder what they do to people, especially women, who are in the same situation. Most of the time, these weight battles have... |
11 June 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Gyms and special classes where only women have access are no longer a rare occurrence – in fact, it’s strange not to see a gym with at least one room for women alone, it is being said. Other such exclusive locations are already starting to pop up in all major cities, but what separates them from the ladie... |
19 May 2009
13:51 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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Newborns between the ages of six months and one year tend to get overfed by their mothers, a new scientific research shows, also hinting at the fact that this may be one of the root causes for the rampant spread of obesity among very small children. The condition then develops over the years, and becomes endemic dur... |
11 May 2009
19:01 GMT |
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The alarming rates of childhood obesity have prompted researchers to try and come up with a feasible solution before it’s too late. Before they do so, though, they have another issue on their hands, as they have come to realize that the problem is even bigger than anticipated since parents can’t even tell... |
8 May 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Endorsing a weight-loss product is not uncommon with celebrities, since it’s a collaboration from which both parties stand to profit greatly. For actress Kirstie Alley, though, one such partnership might have cost her more dearly than she initially believed, since she gained more weight after putting an end to ... |
7 May 2009
13:21 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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With reality series such as Paris Hilton’s now defunct “The Simple Life,” “The Osbournes,” and countless others, the American public has been served with nothing but the illusion of reality for the past years. Dating shows like “The Bachelor” have done little in this sense, s... |
31 March 2009
08:44 GMT |
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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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If, a couple of days ago, we saw the toll the ever increasing obesity rate is taking on the British NHS, a new study comes to link it to yet another worrying aspect: cancer. A recent research published in the journal Cancer shows that, in older women, obesity increases the risk of ovarian cancer by 80%, as opposed to... |
5 January 2009
06:14 GMT |
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Obesity has long ceased to be an isolated occurrence, something that is only someone else’s problem, having now been awarded the status of “epidemic” that calls for immediate action and concrete measures to fight it. This is also the conclusion politicians in the UK have come to after data held by t... |
30 December 2008
05:43 GMT |
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While junk food represents a serious danger to the health of all of us, perhaps it’s children who are the most exposed to it and to its negative effects. This is also the main approach of a new series of ads to be launched in the UK, targeting not the children who can’t stop eating junk food, but the pare... |
29 December 2008
04:10 GMT |
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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. Now, it wouldn't necessarily be a problem, s... |
7 May 2008
15:06 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
14:06 GMT |
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Today, in many western countries, less than 1% of women breastfeed exclusively for the first six months of the baby's life. In UK, the categories most prone to breastfeeding were found to be well educated, professional women, older than 30 and mothers for the first time. The fear of ending up with the saggy boob... |
4 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
06:03 GMT |
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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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For many women who wrongly starve to maintain their body contour, pregnancy is the best mental motivation for unleashing their obsession for food and start pigging out with all kinds of crap. But a new research made at the Royal Veterinary College, London, has shown that eating junk food, rich in fat, sugars and salt... |
15 August 2007
05:22 GMT |
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The beautiful blond women of Sweden are facing a huge problem: they are getting increasingly fatter. Swedish researchers are puzzled by an unusual situation: Swedish little girls are more predisposed to obesity than little boys are. A recent investigation made by a team at Sweden's Uppsala University revealed th... |
10 May 2007
06:42 GMT |
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Having a "dog's life" nowadays could turn out to be anyone's dream: no work, food at will, and from time to time your owner taking you to some sex party...That's life ...But that "lifestyle" has affected our pets. "About 35 % of US dogs and cats are considered to be overweight or obese, a statistic mir... |
4 May 2007
05:41 GMT |
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With one more bite you have increased your waist size, while the skinny prick beside you engulfs hamburger after hamburger, ice-cream after ice-cream, and nothing... For long, a genetic component of the issue has been suspected, but now scientists come with the clearest evidence yet between genes and obesity, explai... |
19 April 2007
09:39 GMT |
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The overweight is a serious issue in developed countries. But nervous anorexia is also reaching terrific numbers. For example, in Spain, with a total of 40 million inhabitants, it may affect about 1 million persons!53 % of the adult population in the developed countries suffer from overweight while 10% of the teenage... |
15 March 2007
10:29 GMT |
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Those protective parents that cram their beloved girls should know that this is exactly what will break the girls away from home. A new research showed that childhood obesity and overweight in the US could be linked to an earlier onset of puberty in girls. The team from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children&#... |
5 March 2007
03:12 GMT |
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