If obesity goes on increasing continuously in England then days are not far away when England would be known as the fattest nation on earth. England’s fast growing obesity has given health experts a strong issue of concern. Expressing deep concern over this fast growing obesity in England health experts fear that:- 1. Record number [...]
Quite strange but true that if you are obese, you won’t think at least about committing suicide. This conclusion is the result of a long study that began in 1986 and surveyed 45,000 men. According to the experts who conducted this study, men with higher BMI were 42 per cent less likely to commit suicide [...]
There is no denying that sugar-loaded soft drinks are having ‘a negative impact on health’. These words from Dr. Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, clearly warn people who enjoy soft drinks at the cost of their health. This remark from Dr. Kelly is the conclusion [...]
‘Neurology’ – journal of the American Academy of Neurology has discovered that the syndrome ‘Wernicke Encephalopathy’ known to affect the brain and the nervous system, is a result of the lack of vitamin B1 or thiamine. It has been observed that in case of some patients undergoing weight loss surgery, frequent vomiting which can result [...]
Hot cross buns enjoy a position of their own which is unshakeable and the bun is a favourite among a majority. But a recent advice from the health magazine Diabetes New Zealand relates it to obesity. The magazine warned that hot cross buns are equivalent to two or three slices of bread and the seasonal [...]
Brisk walk for about 15 minutes in a day can prevent kids from developing obesity. This is the notion that British researchers have come out transpiring after studying about 5,500 children. As per the findings of this study, children who increased their physical activity levels by 15 minutes a day of moderate exercise, their chances [...]
Have you ever seen a mermaid with a pot belly? It could be that these temptresses of the sea have maintained their svelte figures for centuries by nibbling on fucoxanthin, a compound found in brown seaweed that attacks belly fat. Luckily, you don’t have to dive to the bottom of the sea to whittle your [...]
Summer is the time when everyone goes on dieting as they’ll hit the pool and don’t want to look bad in their swimming suits. While dieting may help you slim down a bit, it really is not an answer as it is not a permanent solution. Even if you plan to diet it is dangerous [...]
Not televisions or videogames but the way of transportation is the main culprit behind childhood obesity. The profounder of this belief is a Stuart Biddle, professor of exercise and sport psychology at Loughborough University. Biddle has come up with this belief after studying more than 1,500 kids between the ages 12 to 16 years of [...]
If you are still leading an ignorant lifestyle and believe that gulping down those sugary soft drinks is not adding calories in your body…then you have all reasons to correct yourself. The age old debate between the nutrition researchers and the representatives of beverage industry might get resolved after reading this study that reveals that [...]