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 [...]

All sectors of the population are becoming increasingly Obese, with 77% of men over the age of 64 years, in the UK, being overweight.  Figures for women in that age range are similar, although the percentage is slightly lower. Over the past 10 years the percentage of the population in the UK who are overweight [...]

When combating Obesity one begins to wonder if there is any hope to losing the excessive weight they have gained over the months, weeks, or years. Or there are those who ponder and think if they are Obese or just over weight. Perhaps if one has an understanding or knowledge of knowing the difference. Then [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The average weight for a toddler around the age of 18 months should be around 10kg at the most.  Yet Dr Swati Karandikar, at an Obesity Clinic in a Birmingham hospital, in the UK, is treating a toddler of 15 months weighing in at a hefty 20kg.  While Dr Karandikar admits the problem may turn [...]