Posted by katte
Obesity today has grown in numbers and continues to grow at an alarming rate, especially in the modern day western worlds.
Being overweight can leave you with a multitude of obesity related health problems. In medical speak, if you have a BMI, body mass index, of 30 or more, then you are considered obese. Now, that feels like an awful label to own. Your BMI is determined by assessing your height and weight and then comparing those two numbers. The proportion of height to weight makes up your BMI. Guess …
Posted by Steve
Research shows that obese children are at increased risk from a number of serious health problems more usually seen in adulthood, including hardened and blocked arteries (coronary artery diseases), high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes. When they grow up, they are more likely to be obese. Do you or someone you care about weigh more than they should? If so, then you are not alone. Nearly two-thirds of adults are overweight and one in every three is considered to be obese. It isn’t only a cosmetic concern, either. Obesity …
Posted by katte
The world is changing at a fast pace and to keep up with this pace, we tend to adopt several unhealthy lifestyle habits and this can have many adverse consequences on our health. Being overweight is one problem that is related largely to the unhealthy lifestyle that we lead and our unhealthy eating habits and lack of exercise aggravates the situation. Sometimes, obesity and being overweight can also be hereditary, but what is a regular feature with people who are overweight, is that they tend to suffer from several types …
Posted by shalina
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Excessive gain of weight beyond physical standards is termed as obesity. It can be seen among men, women and even children. Excessive weight or obesity is now recognized as a serious chronic disorder rather than just a craving for eating in excessive quantity.
Obesity causes many serious health disorders. Diabetes, heart attacks and arthritis are just to name a few. Obese people have a reduced life span for up to 9 nine years as compared to people who are not obese. More than 30,000 deaths …
Posted by Judi Lake
Stop using all those diets that talk about, carbs, calories, and low fat, who wants to sacrifice all those goodies. With easy rules you will educate yourself on the proper way of dieting, but with your health in mind. I’m more than sure that you have tried every diet out there, and I am truly sorry to have to be the one to tell you, that low carb diets don’t work, low calorie diets don’t work. How about Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig, have you …
Posted by Jona
Obesity is defined as an accumulation of excess body fat, to an extent that may impair health. It is associated with breathing problems that can make it harder to keep up with friends, play sports, or just walk from class to class. It can also shorten your life span and put you at risk of developing a number of conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and some forms of cancer. Obesity is a growing epidemic in the western world and is emerging as the most debilitating disease …
Posted by shalina
The Simple Truth
The core reason people become overweight or obese is fairly simple:
If you take in more calories than are required by your body on a daily basis (known as “energy imbalance”), those surplus calories will be converted into fat.
If this energy imbalance continues for an extended period of time, it will lead to overweight or obesity.
Tendency for weight gain differs from one person to another due to pre-existing factors like genetics, health problems, general activity level, and mobility issues.
Your metabolism dictates how effectively the calories you take in are …
