The study found severely obese people who also were vitamin D-deficient walked slower and were less active overall than their counterparts who had healthy vitamin D levels. Poor physical functioning can reduce quality of life and even shorten lifespans. Severe obesity occurs when a person’s body mass index (BMI) exceeds 40. About 6.5 percent of Read the full article…
This slideshow requires JavaScript. (CNN) — Teena Henson’s “journey to life” began with a newspaper ad. She remembers wishing they had an Anytime Fitness in her hometown of Gilmer, Texas. She specifically wanted to join Anytime Fitness because it is open 24/7 and is made for men and women of all levels of fitness. “Then Read the full article…
A 20% tax on Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Fanta and other sugar-sweetened drinks would cut the number of adults who are obese or overweight, researchers claim. Concerned that the steep rise in sales of colas, lemonades and other sugary drinks is fuelling the obesity epidemic, doctors from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and organisations including the Read the full article…
When Teena Henson celebrated her 50th birthday in 2011 she weighed 332 pounds. By June 2012, she had lost 100 pounds by working out daily at a new gym in her hometown of Gilmer, Texas. Henson continued to lose weight by making healthier eating choices, even when she went to fast food restaurants. She often Read the full article…
VARIOUS CAUSE FACTORS: Best to treat it with diet and exercise, says heart expert KUALA LUMPUR: CHILDREN who are obese and have a family history of high cholesterol are at risk of developing high cholesterol at a young age. Debunking a common myth that elevated cholesterol levels do not occur in children, National Heart Institute Read the full article…
Pregnant women who are obese or overweight have an increased risk of delivering a stillborn baby, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers looked at 38 studies to better understand the potential risks to an unborn child in relation to its mother’s body mass index. They found even Read the full article…
High-Tech Diets That Work Tester: Lyla Naseem Gleason; 45; blogger Starting stats: 5’2″; 142 lb. Pounds lost: 7 Cost: Starts at $19 per month; sign-up fee may apply (includes access to all online features and mobile apps) Her diet history “Ten years ago, I lost 10 pounds on Weight Watchers, which I regained (and more!) Read the full article…
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You’ve probably noticed that elimination diets are all the rage these days. From single-ingredient eliminations (like gluten free) to more restrictive elimination diets (such as Paleo, raw food and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet), there are dozens of “free-from” diets that people choose to follow for a variety of reasons. As a dietitian in a gastroenterology Read the full article…
Children with obese fathers may be 53 percent more likely to develop autism than children with average size dads, according to a Norwegian study published in the journal Pediatrics. “Previous research has linked a mother’s obesity to her child’s risk for autism, but these studies didn’t take into account the father’s weight. This may have overestimated the Read the full article…
He sways his body mass into Planet Club at Kigali Business Centre. He sways because he cannot in the true sense of the word just walk, but drags his feet around and sways his body in a movement posture. The doors in the club are understandably expansive but he fills it all, turning sideways to Read the full article…
NACOGDOCHES, TX (KTRE) – Several East Texas families have been experiencing miracles when it comes to their autistic children thanks to alternative diets and supplements. But the fight against autism isn’t over. High medical bills, and with literally zero scientific evidence proving diets, like Gluten-Free and Casein-Free, can help autistic behavioral symptoms, parents are having Read the full article…
Women who have a certain genetic marker may be at increased risk for breast cancer, especially if they are overweight or obese, a new study suggests. In the study, white women with the genetic marker were nearly 70 percent more likely to have breast cancercompared to those without the marker. And if women were overweight Read the full article…
April 10, 2014 News Review From Harvard Medical School — High-Fat Diets Linked with Breast Cancer Diets high in saturated fat may increase the chance of developing 3 common types of breast cancer, a new study says. The study included more than 337,000 women who answered questions about diet. In the next 11½ years, about Read the full article…
Obese people feel full faster than people of normal weight, but they tend to eat more quickly and take in more calories, which leads to weight problems, a new study has found. Researchers at University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, asked 20 obese people and 20 normal weight people to consume a nutritional drink in the Read the full article…
Dozens of morbidly obese Kiwis have shed two-thirds of their weight after a rare surgical procedure, new research shows. But one patient also died after not sticking to their follow-up treatment, and some surgeons are concerned about the risks of the complicated operation. It comes as surgery becomes an increasingly common option for treating obesity, Read the full article…
An obese man needed help getting out of his house after he fell and was trapped in Palm Springs. Firefighters had to cut a hole in the side of a Florida man’s house after the obese man fell, WPTV reports. The man, who authorities say is “several hundred pounds” overweight, fell Wednesday in his Palm Read the full article…
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Children born to obese fathers, but not obese mothers, may have a slightly higher risk of autism than kids with thinner dads, a large new study suggests. Researchers found that of nearly 93,000 Norwegian children they followed, those born to obese dads had double Read the full article…
A vegetarian diet is associated with higher rates of allergies, cancer, and mental illness, as well as a poorer quality of life compared to carnivorous diets, according to a new study. The research, published in February in the journal PLoS ONE, surveyed 1,320 Austrians, evenly portioned to four different nutritional groups: a vegetarian diet, Read the full article…
ARLINGTON, Va., April 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – New research shows that consumers can improve their diets simply by enjoying white or brown rice as part of their daily meals. In a study published online in the peer-reviewed journal Food and Nutrition Sciences, lead author Theresa Nicklas, DrPH, of Baylor College of Medicine, analyzed the National Read the full article…