Obesity Crisis in America: Why Better Labels, Not Bans, Will Combat Obesity EpidemicIf we want to fight obesity while preserving personal choice, food labeling is the way to jump start the weight loss.
Obesity is a major public health concern and sometimes embarrassment about the condition can stop people looking for help. Obesity affects the ability of an individual to participate in everyday activities as well as having both short term and long term impacts on health. It can cause brea...
The problem is that just one fast food meal can pack 2 calories, sodium and fat for an 3 day or more! Eating fast food too often can 4 a variety of different health problems 5 obesity. A recent study from Reuters 6 that fast food companies are increasing 7 to market themselves to ...
Meanwhile, Sweden, which hadn’t done a national sex study in 20 years, recently launched one, alarmed by polling suggesting that Swedes, too, were having less sex. The country, which has one of the highest birth rates in Europe, is apparently disinclined to risk its fecundity. “If the ...
It is obvious that doctors recognize obesity as a health problem.So why is it so hard for them to talk to their patients about it? The results of two surveys, one of primary care physicians and the other of patients, found that while most doctors want to help patients lose weight and ...
The low mortality rates from ischemic heart disease and cancer are thought to reflect the low prevalence of obesity in Japan; low intake of red meat, specifically saturated fatty acids; and high intakes of fish, specifically n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, plant foods such as soybeans, and ...
In both instances, the result is obesity. When too many nutrients are absorbed at once, the body grows fat. Improperly digested food moves slowly through the digestive tract, where it becomes increasingly acidic. To protect its vital organs from this acidic waste, the body changes the acid ...
It's no secret that being a couch potato contributes to a lot of our current culture's weight gain and poor health. Childhood obesity is a major problem. 2 According to Professor Norman Herr, the average child in America watches 1,680 minutes of television per week. The health risks are...
For people who have always lived in theU.S., the problem is even worse. There are a lot of reasons forAmerica's obesity epidemic--oversize portions, overprocessed foods, too little exercise. But nutritionists and anthropologists agree that the death of the official mealtime may play the bigg...
Today the rate of obesity — or extreme overweight — among adults is only 6%. However, as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject(拒绝) older traditions, the obesity rate among French children has reached 17% — and is growing.【1】In what way are the French different ...