According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States, nearly 40 per cent of its population is obese. The number of obese children has tripled over the last 2 decades. Despite the exhortations of different health experts to eat less and exercise more, millions of people in industrialized nations [...]
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Obesity is an Invitation to Heart Disease Attack
Friday, April 9th, 2010Obesity In Men ? How Men Can Tackle This Growing Health Concern!
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Obesity is a health risk that affects men too. Although people in general and are particularly active, it is seen that they tend to their health, because to ignore the pressure to perform and family responsibilities. Obesity in men leads to heart disease, type 2 diabetes and even infertility. Also increases the risk of [...]
Men And Obesity
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010One in four men in the UK are obese and unfortunately this figure is rising. In the 1960′s being a little bit overweight wasn’t seen as a serious health risk, it was just a slight problem to have an overly tight waistband and beer belly. Today the situation is far more serious. Over the [...]
Control That Obesity Now ? It Can Even Make You Infertile
Saturday, March 20th, 2010Men are found to be less conscious about their weight as compared to women. There are studies that suggest that very few men know the true facts about health and nutrition. Because of their carefree attitude towards their health, men are more likely to eat whatever they want to without any consideration of its [...]
Health Hazards of Obesity
Friday, March 19th, 2010Health Hazards of Obesity Obesity is the condition that is caused by the excessive weight gain. It occurs due to the deposition of the large amount of fats in the body that puts adverse impact on your health. Obesity if found to be on high rise nowadays. Around 30% of the people in US [...]
Surgery for obesity
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Lap band surgery is one of the best and painless surgeries to get rid from obesity. Nowadays, great amount of people are suffering from this diseases named obesity. It is not only itself a hazard one but it invites some other diseases also. Every age group people are affected from this disease. Other diseases [...]
Obesity Surgery
Thursday, March 18th, 2010What is Obesity – Obesity is an excess of total body fat which increases the body weight and results in major health risks. How can one identify he/she is obese? A measurement Body Mass Index is used to check whether he/she is obese and the type of obesity they are suffering from. [...]
Obesity Surgery : Lose Weight
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Obesity is the bane of the modern ‘fast food’ world. Obesity surgery is an answer to all the ‘weighty issues’ faced by an individual. In tune with the times, it is a quick answer, to a problem that otherwise could take years to be solved. As the name suggests, obesity surgery, is a [...]
Gastric Bypass , Gastric Sleeve and Lap Band Surgery: Answers to Morbid Obesity
Monday, March 15th, 2010Obesity occurs over time when you eat more calories than you use. The balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person. Factors that might tip the balance include your genetic makeup, overeating, eating high-fat foods and not being physically active. It is an accumulation of excess body fat, to an extent that may [...]
Women Are More Prone To Obesity Than Men
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Are fair sex are more likely to be obese than their counterpart? The answer is not so heartwarming for women as the recent studies significantly proved that globally women seems more likely to be more obese than men. Scientists link women obesity to their childhood conditioning and socioeconomic status. According to some scientists from [...]