A new discovery as to how obesity progresses
Posted on sep 2011
We all know the effects of obesity over our bodies. Nevertheless, we are not able to understand what internal processes occur with the development of this disease.
Obesity has become an increasing health issue over the years, due to the humans tendency for overeating, a habit inherited from our ancestors.
A person is considered to be overweight if his/hers BMI (body mass index) is between 25 and 30 kg/m² and obese if the BMI level is over 30 kg/m².
Today, as the sedentary lifestyle can be observed in an increasing number of people, obesity has become a real worldwide issue and for researchers it is clear that just telling people to eat less and play sports, it is
Obese children have a higher risk of developing asthma
Posted on sep 2011
In the last years, obesity has become one of the most important health issues of the world, especially among children. Along with the development of technology and lifestyle changes, people tend to adopt a more sedentary lifestyle and overeating habits.
Unfortunately, these changes can be mostly seen on children. In the US, in 2010, no state had a lower percentage of obese children than 25%.
Some of the consequences of this disease are associated with cardiovascular risks and other
Blood Pressure Risk for overweight children
Posted on sep 2011
In the last years, obesity has become one of the biggest health issues of the world, especially among children. Due to a more sedentary lifestyle and the habit of overeating, obesity is becoming gradually more noticeable in our day to day lives.
A person is considered to be overweight if his/hers BMI (body mass index) is between 25 and 30 kg/m² and obese if the BMI level is over 30 kg/m².
Unfortunately, the most affected by these
Institute of Medicine implements a nutrition label on packages
Posted on sep 2011
According to an initiative of the Institute of Medicine for helping people realize which food is healthy and which not, it has built a plan for implementing a label on front of every packaged food where it can be easily seen the number of calories per serving and also a rate in order to show how healthy the food is.
The stars will be given based on the three types of nutrients that people tend to eat more:
Losing weight: a healthy alternative to Erectile Dysfunction!
Posted on sep 2011
A recent study revealed that men who suffer from diabetes 2 and facing erectile dysfunction problems can significantly improve this situation by losing weight. It is only required to lose a few pounds, but it is definitely worth it since they can once again enjoy a normal sexual life.
The study was conducted by Garry Witter from the University of Adelaide in Australia who says that: "The evidence that improvement can be achieved by modest weight loss
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