Obesity is different from other illnesses. While other illnesses gain sympathy from onlookers, obesity is ridiculed at. You might have witnessed the plight of certain kids who are suffering from baby fat. They are bullied and made fun of. Later the unrestrained build up of fat makes the person susceptible to several diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease etc. Obese persons thus have to face both psychological as well as...more
The body mass index, or BMI, helps clarify an important distinction between being overweight or being obese. If you weigh too much, you're obviously overweight. But if you have a very high proportion of body fat, you're obese. Based on your body mass index, your doctor or other health professional will classify your weight as healthy, overweight, or obese. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the BMI "describes body...more
The Shocking Reason Why You Are Fat and What You Can do about it!Having trouble fitting into those jeans? Are you taking those diet pills faithfully but still struggling with your weight? Or, do you pop in your Billy Blanks Tae Bo DVD every morning, hoping you will sweat enough to cut the flab but youre getting fatter and fatter?You are not alone. More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight, and the real reason may surprise you.For years, fitness experts, diet companies, and the media, have drilled it in our heads that we are to blame if we are overweight. We have been told that we are fat because we lack willpower, and consistently overeat. Some popular weight loss gurus suggest that if we just stick to our diet, exercise or take a pill, poof! Our weight will magically disappear. While that fairytale sounds good, its not fact. If it were, we would all be thin, live happily ever after, and the diet companies would all go out of business. So, whats the real reason our bulging waistlines continue to increase year after year? Are we the reasons why we are fat, and if we arent to blame, who is?John Erb, author of The Slow Poisoning of America, believes that a very common food...more
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Obesity means having too much fat. Its somewhat different from being overweight as a person often gets confused. Overweight can be due to increase in weight of muscle, bone, fat and/or body water. Obesity occurs over time when one eats more calories than using it. Taking in calories with no or minimum activities leads to obesity which sometimes can...more
Diet pill is one of the most potent weapon against excess weight or obesity. When combined with other weight lose techniques like workout and proper diet, diet pills can work as a magic formula. Diet pills are so important because they help in controlling the excess and unnecessary diet that is largely responsible for weight related problems in most cases. Each and every individual who is trying to lose weight finds it very difficult to eat less amount of food, especially after heavy workout. This is a very natural process, body loses energy after the workout and very obviously it needs to find an energy source that can help in recovering all the lost energy. Needless to say most of the time this urge to eat more food results in gaining more weight. Diet pills helps in curbing this desire by improving the energy level of the body by increasing the rate of metabolic activities, since metabolic activities are responsible for generating life support energy for the body. Another advantage of using diet pills is that whenever body needs extra energy it burns the extra fat that is residing in the body itself.The most effective way of using these diet pills is to use them along with other...more
According to the CDC and Prevention startling research shows that around 33% of Americans to be considered obese including kids. There is no doubt it is an epidemic in the USA and absolutely necessary that swift action be taken in order to live a...more
As we enter the holiday season, a time rife with images of marvelous foodstuffs, from spiraled hams to sweet potatoes to gingerbread houses, we are all constantly reminded of how devastating these treats are to our waistlines, engendering guilt and...more
New developments and techniques in the field of bariatric surgery provide less invasive procedures, faster healing times, and reduced risk of tissue and surrounding organ damage. One such technique is called endoscopic bariatric surgery. The...more
According to a new research, obesity can be caused by genes, pressure and viruses. The latest views about obesity which is unexpected are in the following article.A gene called fat gene was firstly found in the obese rats by scientists. Today, this...more
Are you really concerned about your constantly increasing weight? If yes then it impels you to face shameful situations that dishearten your moral. Not only that due to constant gain of weight, you may be a victim of some of the very common diseases...more
There are many misconceptions surrounding diet plans for weight loss, the most popular being that you overindulge in one particular food or starve yourself. It is this lack of knowledge that has created this misconception. Eating a well proportioned...more