Article by Randy Baker Severe obesity is a serious medical condition experienced by people with a body mass index of 40 or above. Previously called morbid obesity, it affects an estimated six million American grownups, or about 1 in 33 of the adult population. Associated with a range of complicated metabolic disorders including type 2 [...]
Article by Mike There is a growing dilemma in this country and it needs to be stopped immediately. I am talking about obesity. Obesity in America is on the rise. It needs to be stopped and it needs to be stopped now. Obesity is growing to become the number one killer in this country. There [...]
It is estimated that 5-25 percent of children and teenagers in America today are suffering from obesity. Obesity among children is on the rise. More and more children and teenagers are becoming obese. While it is well known that obese infants do not always remain obese into childhood and not all obese children remain obese [...]
Obesity is defined as “the condition of an excessively high amount of body fat or adipose tissue in relation to lean body mass.” 1 A more commonly-known definition of obesity is that of an individual’s weight being 30% or more above what is considered normal as defined by a standardly-accepted height/weight chart (e.g. The National [...]
Obesity information deals with an entire obesity causing factors and its effects on children, teens and adults. Obesity is defined as the accumulation of excess fat in the body. It represents a bad health condition with reduce basal metabolic rate .Obesity has a predominant effect on an individuals life. Obesity causes many health related problems [...]
Obesity is the abnormal health complications characterized by the excessive weight gain. The extra fats deposited in the body start putting the negative impact on the other body process. This is how obesity is caused. Excessive intake of the fats and carbohydrates results in excessive weight gain, which further on leads to the obesity. Lack [...]
The problem of obesity and gaining excessive weight bother many of us because these cause several other critical health issues such as high blood pressure, etc. due to which all of us feel an urgency to adopt one of the best and effective ways to get rid of excessive weight. Although, regular exercise and dieting [...]
Article by Dr. Deryck D. Pattron, Ph.D. Summary:Obesity is a growing public health problem, worldwide. This problem may be more so in underdeveloped countries than in developed countries. Where, access to the unhealthy foods such as sugary, salty, and oily foods may be more accessible and affordable to the poor and unprivileged thereby facilitating unhealthy [...]
Article by Cynthia Barbour Recent reports have shown that there is an increasing amount of men, women and children that are overweight. Obesity is a growing problem in the United States. There are some contributing problems that are causing this rise in obesity. Diet and Obesity go hand and hand. One of the problems is [...]
Article by larissa brown Obesity is a condition of having too much body fat. Although it really has nothing to do with one’s weight, it is most often the case that obese people are overweight as well. The most commonly accepted method for determining obesity in a given individual is to measure their body mass [...]
