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One of the reasons that lie behind the ever-increasing rates of overweight and obesity are bad eating habits. A recent study reveals that people won’t stop eating even when the food has a bad taste, and also proposes one way to fight this habit.Mindless eating has been identified as a serious problem in today&r... |
26 September 2011
03:15 GMT |
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Susanne Eman from Arizona has a goal very few other people on the face of the planet could possibly relate to: she wants to be the fattest woman in the world and, in the process, prove that being fat “is OK,” she says. Eman estimates she’s already heavier than Donna Simpson, who is the record holder... |
19 August 2011
16:51 GMT |
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In a new study, researchers demonstrate that not all obese individuals are unhealthy, or got so as a result of an unhealthy diet, combined with a sedentary lifestyle. At the same time, the work reveals that fatter people are at lower risks of developing certain conditions than their thinner peers. The new investigati... |
17 August 2011
08:45 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that personality traits can indeed influence a person's weight, either in a positive or a negative manner. The investigation is based on an accurate analysis of more than 50 years of data in this field.Simple personality traits can be statis... |
19 July 2011
08:59 GMT |
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Experts have demonstrated in a new study that people who see overweight or fat peers tend to be more likely to select and eat indulgent foods. The question as to whether seeing people who are obese makes other hungry themselves has been a reason for debate in the scientific community for some time. The new investigat... |
19 April 2011
11:07 GMT |
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According to a new research published online today, children are most likely to reach their peak obesity around the ages of 7 to 11. Knowing this is of great importance for scientists, as they can now start work on developing methods to prevent this from happening. One of the things that most researchers know about c... |
6 April 2011
11:19 GMT |
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Researchers have recently determined that people around the world, regardless of culture or creed, tend to place a stigma on overweight and obese people. Apparently, this is becoming a worldwide cultural norm, in spite of the fact that a small portion of those who are obese got so because they are sick.Experts came t... |
29 March 2011
11:00 GMT |
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Tonsillectomy is the most common major surgical procedure underwent by children, and a new research suggests that it is linked to an increased risk of obesity.It seems that having your kid's tonsils surgically removed, with or without the removal of the adenoids (adenoidectomy), puts him/her at high risk of beco... |
1 February 2011
06:31 GMT |
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A new study suggests that focusing on being skinny and losing that extra weight can actually lead to weight gain and a compromised health status, and advises people to focus on improving their health instead, regardless of their size.In their new study, co-authors Linda Bacon, an associate nutritionist in the UC Davi... |
25 January 2011
07:42 GMT |
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A new research concluded that for many women dealing with depression and obesity, improving their mood is linked to them loosing weight.
The study is actually based on past surveys that proved that having a body mass index of 30 or more, rises one's risk of depression by 50 to 150 percent.
Lead author Greg... |
11 December 2010
06:15 GMT |
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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
04:08 GMT |
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Children with a high body mass index – BMI, between 9 and 12 years old, have a bigger risk of developing high blood pressure and insulin levels, as well as high cholesterol – all the characteristics of heart disease, by the time they become teenagers.The scientists who reached this conclusion are part of ... |
26 November 2010
08:16 GMT |
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Some women obsess over their weight and believe they could always stand to lose a few more, even if they’re rail thin. Others, on the contrary, are overweight but they’re in denial, believing they’re just about right, a new study reveals. US researchers have learned that one woman in 4 with weight i... |
23 November 2010
14:21 GMT |
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A recent study carried out by researchers at Telemark University College, Norway and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, found that overweight kids ate healthier food than normal weight children, but the quantities were not well adjusted.Overweight children taking part at this study, reported frequently eating ... |
5 November 2010
11:38 GMT |
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A new study carried out by Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington, based on data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), concluded that children who are too thin or, on the contrary, obese, have higher mortality risks within the first year after liver transplantation... |
29 October 2010
03:29 GMT |
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Aly Gilardoni is overweight. Her mother was too. Thinking she’s doing daughter Corleigh a favor, she put her on a low-calorie diet when she was just 2, keeping her underfed at all times. Speaking with Closer magazine, Aly says that, while she does feel some guilt about being so strict with her daughter, the tho... |
19 October 2010
13:21 GMT |
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Being slim can bring women more happiness than any man could ever do, a new study has learned. Fat is not socially acceptable, but being single is, scientists say by means of an explanation for this. The study, conducted over a period of 24 years on women living in Germany, has determined that being the right size is... |
5 October 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Strong exercise of over two hours a week, reduces the risk of having breast cancer by 64%, in postmenopausal African-American women, compared to women who do not exercise, a new research carried out by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, suggests.“Four out of five African-American w... |
2 October 2010
04:57 GMT |
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A new study focusing on weight loss concluded that, regardless of the diet, people who consumed the most milk, had the biggest weight loss.The research carried out by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) scientists proved that people on a diet who consumed milk or dairy products, lost more weight on average than ... |
21 September 2010
08:59 GMT |
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Insufficient nighttime sleep among infants and young children can be associated with a risk of obesity later in life, suggests a new study published in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, adding that napping does not compensate.Janice F. Bell, PhD, MPH, of the University of Washington... |
7 September 2010
04:19 GMT |
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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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In addition to placing a huge strain on the healthcare system, obese individuals also affect the economy indirectly; through the number of days off they need from work. The conclusion belongs to a new study, which indicates that employers may want to check their employees' waistlines more closely. The fatter the... |
3 August 2010
12:01 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
16:21 GMT |
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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
03:19 GMT |
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One way to tackle the obesity pandemic is by coming up with an effective solution to curb cravings, thus make the dieter eat only when they’re hungry. In fact, previous researches have already paved the way in that direction, with various suppressants being discovered and / or created, each working to a greater... |
5 July 2010
15:31 GMT |
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In a new study, investigators have determined that bullies tend to prefer picking on overweight and obese children, rather than more fit ones. The team behind the research determined that this tendency was not affected by other factors, including social skills, academic achievements, socioeconomic status, gender or r... |
3 May 2010
05:02 GMT |
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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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With the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, admitting publicly that her children have a body-mass index (BMI) higher than normal, many experts and even parents have begun to take a look at their own children's waistlines. The obesity epidemic that struck the general population is currently also tak... |
15 February 2010
02:37 GMT |
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Unfortunately, over the past couple of decades, the number of infants that grow to be chubby while children, and then develop into obese teens has increased considerably. This is especially the case in the developed world, where highly refined foods, poor parental control, and peer pressure force many youngsters to c... |
12 February 2010
05:01 GMT |
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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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