Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy ...
a survey was conducted that found 42% of Chinese male surgeons had reported smoking in front of their patients. [Wikipedia “Smoking in the People’s Republic of China”]
SIXTH-GRADE (equivalent to Year Six) boys were lining up to be measured in the Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School library in Arkansas, United States. As they took off their shoes and emptied their pockets, they joked about being the tallest. “It’s an advantage,” said one. “...
Image via Wikipedia Just read a report on the state of obesity in America titled “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009“. The study, conducted by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, showed that “adult obesity rates increased in...
The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ranges from 9 to 36.9% of the population in different parts of the world.[23][24][25]Approximately 20% of the United States population suffers from non-alcoholic fatty liver, and the prevalence of this condition is increasing.[26]The preval...
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the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease. "The direct relationship we found between obesity and subclinical heart damage is quite potent and truly concerning from a public health standpoint given the growing number of obese people in the United States and worldwide."...
Our overall rank, however, is higher. When you include all of the factors, New Jersey comes in at #35 on the list of most obese states, and that is not good news. Photo by Niklas Rhöse on Unsplash For the record, the #1 overall state in America for obesity is West Virginia. ...
intake can lead to large gains in weight over time. A forty-year-old obese man who carries one hundred extra pounds of body fat has only consumed, on average, 25 more calories per day over his whole life, than he’s burned. This is the equivalent of eating an apple every three days...
Credit: Sasha Wolff/Wikipedia For migraine sufferers with obesity, losing weight can decrease headaches and improve quality of life, researchers from Italy and the United States report. The results of their meta-analysis will be presented Saturday, March 23 at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society's ...