Fat Is A Cancer Risk
The Telegraph The study led by Lund University in Malmo, Sweden, involved 4.1 million participants who were monitored for about 40 years, with close monitoring of their weight and lifestyle. [Read More]
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Obesity Is the Real Killer in America
The Federalist Why are there no daily warnings recounting the number of people who die each day from heart disease (almost 2,000 daily), diabetes (about 1,000 per day), stroke, and [Read More]
Ivies Declare Obesity a Disease Treatable by Drugs
Daily Wire Ivy League doctors say that obesity constitutes a new normal for Americans, classifying it as a chronic disease that requires perpetual drug intervention. In a six-part series on Medscape, “Treating [Read More]
We’re Getting Smaller
Washington Post First, he [University of Munich economics professor John Komlos] assured us our data weren’t playing tricks. We’re shrinking. Vertically, at least. As a people, Americans were the tallest in the [Read More]
Fat and Happy
VOC West Virginia (41%), Louisiana (40.1%) and Oklahoma (40%) are the states with the fattest populations in the nation, laying claim to the highest proportion of adults with a body [Read More]
There Are Good Reasons Real Women Want Fit Men
Medical Express Weight gain in a man’s late teens and 20s increases his risk of dying from prostate cancer later in life, research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity [Read More]
Growing Obesity Rates Weigh Down The Nation
Daily Mail Sixteen U.S. states now have obesity rates of at least 35 percent – more than ever before, new maps reveal. More than one-third of adults in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Indiana, [Read More]
Longitudinal Study Of Metabolism Yields Surprising Stability
BBC The study, of 6,400 people, from eight days old up to age 95, in 29 countries, suggests the metabolism remains “rock solid” throughout mid-life. It peaks at the age [Read More]
Obesity and Fatigue Are Rampant In The Military
A Rand study has found that 66 percent of our fighting men and women are overweight or obese. Nearly 10 percent report taking medication for sleep difficulties. More
Hunger and Obesity- Are They Mutually Exclusive?
I was reading about the propagation of a misleading meme featuring Jeff Bridges. It claims that there are 35 million people in this nation who don’t know where their next meal [Read More]
What It Was Like Weighing 350 Pounds
Return of Kings: It’s a no brainer that being obese versus being physically fit and attractive is a no-contest comparison. Speaking from experience on both sides, it’s one thing to [Read More]
“Fat But Fit” Takes A Hit
Deep down we all knew that you can’t be both fat and healthy at the same time. Now a new study of 520,000 people, published in the European Health Journal, [Read More]
Add Brain Aging To Down Side of Being Obese
British scientists studying the brain have found that middle-aged people (deemed 50 years old) who had a BMI over 25 had brains that were 10 years older. “We found that [Read More]
Report Concludes Obesity Fueling Malnutrition
The recently released Global Nutrition Report claims 129 nations face malnutrition not from a lack of food, but from too much of the wrong kind. The authors claim “hundreds of [Read More]