Archive for the 'Obesity and Sport' Category

What is Obesity?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Obesity is more than just carrying excess fat around your body.  It is that and more, often causing diseases which can cut your life expectancy short, such as heart disease and other vascular illnesses, or diabetes, or a host of other illnesses which occur when the body is subjected to such additional stress and strains [...]

Obesity and Weight Gain.

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Fast food is a massive problem in the West, now spreading to countries which previously never considered ‘fast food’ as we know it.  Countries such as China and Japan are now beginning to succumb to the temptation of Western fast food with the result that populations in these countries are now beginning to suffer from [...]

Movies Portray to Early Childhood Obesity.

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Today in the United States large amounts of research and reports state that early childhood Obesity is due to the overwhelming contribution to movies, and media. We seldom consider that our children watching a TV program could result in them gaining weight. You as a parent should watch a child’s program in a half hour [...]

Benefits of exercise on obesity.

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Do you really want to succeed at losing weight and, more important, keeping it off?  Naturally you do, otherwise you would not be reading this.  It seems that people who exercise regularly while losing weight tend to be more successful, especially in the long-term.  If you want to incorporate your exercise sessions into a successful [...]