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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If you notice the commercials today on fast food, you notice they are geared towards our younger generation. Many of these corporations don’t think or stop to ponder on the impact they have with their advertisements. Majority of these figure heads are only interested in money. And with so many impressionable youths today it easy [...]
We are so easy to pass aside the problems of the world until it has an impact on our lives. In today’s world there is a killer that stalks the homes of your family friends and neighbors. This killer is not after certain types of people but after children it does not faction on race [...]
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 [...]
Ayurveda healing is based on a natural holistic therapy known in India from about 600BC, originating in Kerala, one of the states in the south of India. Ayurveda has been described as an alternative form of healing and is recognised as being a medical healing treatment as well. Whichever description is most apt, Ayurveda involves [...]
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 [...]
