According to a recent study at The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National University, the desire of food leads to the activation in a region of brain called orbitofrontal cortex, inviting obesity.
As per their findings, hunger and desire for...
Recent study reported that children with obesity aging four years or more tend to possess lower IQ.
According to Driscoll, a professor of pediatrics and colleagues, a genetic cause called Prader-Willi Syndrome, related to mental retarded ness and other..
Now, do not blame on all that junk food you've been gobbling, rather, blame it on the evolution process.
The evolution and environment has led to the rise of obesity affecting 1.5 billion people, where obese children are considered to die earlier to...
According to International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), Obesity can be tackled by taking an action despite of mere talking about it.
Australia is leading in childhood obesity rates with two-third men, half of women and a quarter of all children. WHO...
Agriculture policies of western countries are responsible for raising obesity at a global level, mostly affecting developing countries.
The subsidies given by government in agricultural policies to products containing high fats as well as high energy...
According to a study at Pediatrics, obese infants have high risks of growing overweight by the age of twelve. Researchers marked height and weight to measure BMI (body mass index) of infants.
The findings reported pre-school children who were...
According to The Royal National Institute of the Blind, obese people have double risk of losing eye sight. Cataracts as well as age related macular degeneration (AMD) are responsible for sight loss in obese people.
Age-related macular degeneration...
As per the National Institutes of Health, mostly adults are gaining weight, thereby inviting severe diseases like diabetes and heart diseases.
In US, about one-third of adults found to be obese and their number is rising at a higher pace especially...
According to the fast-food chain McDonalds, rising obesity cannot be tackled of by implementing legislation, rather, the right way to tackle the epidemic is to spread awareness by providing right education as well as right information, during a...
According to the experts at international conference, obesity tarnish women more than men by creating severe health complications, both mentally and physically, and disintegrate them socialyl more as compared to men.
From view point of health...
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