A new World Health Organization report charting the average body mass index (BMI) among developed world countries shows that people in America have the highest. The average score across the country was a BMI rating of 28. Under World Health Organization guidelines, a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is considered “healthy”, 25 to 29.9 is [...]
There is nothing or actually no one to be blamed when it comes to the rising cases of childhood obesity not only in the United States but around the globe. This is because experts are now saying that the condition is not brought about by genetics, it is actually a result of poor eating and [...]
Dr. Barry Sears, a noted author of the book that tackles the Zone Diet was recently interviewed on The 700 Club. Sears expressed optimism about one of America’s biggest problems, obesity. He went on saying, “Stealth nutrition is one way to help people, by offering them foods they like to eat, such as pizza, breads, [...]
A new study published in the journal, Economics and Human Biology suggests that people living in places with free market approaches have an increased chance of experiencing obesity as compared to the others primarily because of the stress of economic insecurity. Eleven countries were checked in the ten-year study that started in 1994. The countries [...]
A startling discovery suggests that money in the form of bills as well as the receipts we get from cash registers can be implicated in having high levels of Bisphenol A (BPA). Accordingly, the said substance can cause obesity and cancer. An expert, Erika Schreder of the Washington Toxics Coalition led the study together with [...]
A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is saying that there is indeed an existing direct relationship between Vitamin D deficiency and the risk of developing childhood obesity. The said research looked at 479 school children in Colombia whose ages ranged from 5 to 12. It was conducted for an estimated [...]
A recent study is suggesting that in the United States alone, the economic cost of obesity and its aftereffects now equate to $270 billion annually. Additionally, $30 billion a year is spent by a neighboring country, Canada. In a statement through a news release in the Society of Actuaries, lead researcher Don Behan stated, “Overweight [...]
A recent study published is suggesting that the size of a prostate cancer tumor may actually be directly proportional to the weight of the individual suffering from the said condition. In turn, with bigger tumor, one is expected to have a more aggressive cancer. Henry Ford Hospital’s Dr. Nilesh Patil, lead author of the said [...]
In what experts see as a potential factor that fuel the obesity epidemic, scientists from Washington University in St. Louis say that individuals with a family history of alcoholism may be supplanting their addiction to alcohol with fattening food. The study which was published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry said that women are [...]
Most people will find it comforting to note that procedures involving non-invasive liposuction are existing. With obesity and sedentary lifestyles affecting a significant number of the population, anything that makes it possible to shed off pounds is worth the thought. However, the most conventional method which is liposuction may seem a scary method and people [...]
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