Dealing With Various Themes And Issues
Weight Loss
Are Women More Tolerant Of Tubby Husbands Than Men Of Tubby Wives?
Aug 15th
Experts have interviewed more than 12,000 men and women aged 18 to 69 in France regarding their sexual exploits and accordingly analyze the results based on their body mass index (BMI).
Is Child Obesity Prevention Can Cope Up With The Challenge?
Jun 10th
There’s an ample evidence that suggest that early prevention efforts has to start at the very early age in life, from the mother’s womb up to its toddler years, as far as child obesity is concerned.
The evidence has further suggested that childhood obesity is difficult to alter by the time when they are in their preschool years.
Use Of Laxatives In Losing Weight Not Advisable To Dieters
Apr 18th
There are weight loss supplements available in the market today that take in the form of slimming or dieter’s tea and seemed to be effective and yet what is not seen is its effect when taken in the long term.
One of the effects of drinking dieter’s or slimming tea is frequent bowel movement. This gives people the impression that body cleansing is going on in their system, excreting the toxins out from their body.
Childhood Obesity and The Role of Media
Apr 6th
The increasing number of obese children worldwide suffering from diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and fatty liver diseases at an early age is quite alarming. One has to wonder if there is a government watchdog or a regulatory body that oversee the welfare of the consuming public regarding junk food and food chains.
It is high time, that the government hand in hand with broadcast and print media, to take a serious review on these products catered by food chain and manufacturers by convincing them to come up with alternative healthier food instead.
Cancer Has Been Linked To Obesity
Apr 13th
European researchers had reported in their study published recently that being overweight or obese may increase a person’s risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer.
The link has long been suspected by doctors between weight gain and certain cancers, including colon and breast cancers. But the new study, published in the Lancet, suggest that it could also increase chances for cancer of the esophagus, thyroid, kidney, uterus, gall bladder and among others.
Obesity – A Global Concern
Nov 17th
About three hundred twenty million people are obese and the number is not decreasing considering the sedentary lifestyle of many individuals and the proliferation of unhealthy foods as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). The world body defines obesity and being overweight as ” an accumulation of excess body fat to an extent that may impair health”.
When you exceed the ideal body weight by one hundred pounds for males and eighty pounds for the females, you are considered suffering from severe or morbid obesity. International health experts define overweight, when you have a body mass index (BMI) of twenty five and above and obesity with a BMI of thirty or more. Body mass index is calculated by a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of his or her height. They claimed that there are more obese females than males.
Fighting Obesity / Why Dieting Sometimes Doesn’t Work?
Oct 24th
Losing weight is an enormous problem. It’s a gargantuan task to overcome. Obesity goes perennial and you see obese people in every walks of life. It’s mystifying that even in developing countries are not spared. Is there anything in finding it difficult to lose weight? Aside from a self imposed will in losing weight, what other factors contribute to lose weight failure? Hence, let’s examine some of them:
1) Over Compensation- A diet expert has observed that dieters tend to compensate after a weight loss regimen after most of them experienced a sensation of intense hunger and responded to it by eating at least as much before the diet has started. As a rule, any diet that has resulted in a loss of couple of pounds in the first week or two will result in the gain of the same amount a few months later after the diet has ended.