Obesity is a disease in which the amount of body fat is too high—high enough to harm health. It can increase the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems, stroke and some cancers. But measuring body fatness accurately is difficult—and so most scientific studies and national su...
This shift is particularly striking when you consider that Western civilization has had a major hang-up about masturbation going back at least as far as Onan. As Robert T. Michael and his co-authors recount inSex in America, J. H. Kellogg, the cereal maker, urged American parents of the ...
A hormone that connects the body's metabolism and immune response system may explain why COVID-19 is so dangerous for people with obesity. "The problem for people with obesity is that their leptin levels are always high, and that can affect the response to a COVID-19 infection," said Can...
Obesity must be considered a real pathology. In the world wide, obesity represent one of the major public health issue associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Overweight or obesity, in fact, significantly increases the risk of contracting dise
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 ...
but compared to America we’re virtually supermodels. America is awash with huge portions of delicious, fat-soaked food, and it shows in the obesity statistics. We just have the biggest proportion of obese people in Europe; America is the world-leader. Secretly, though, we all watch Man Vs...
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Researchers have discovered that in cultures where unrefined coconut oil is a part of the everyday diet, there is less obesity and less lifestyle-related disease. Unfortunately, very little coconut oil is consumed in the U.S. and metabolic syndrome—along with its symptoms of obesity, diabetes...
There is a dramatic increase in the number of children who are being affected by diabetes and obesity in America. Sugary drinks and unhealthy snacks should be taken out of the vending machines in schools and replaced with healthier choices to help stop this trend. Some may argue that taking ...
It’s pretty clear from the research that those who work in the health care industry have dramatically higher rates of obesity. Why is this so? Why Do Health Care Professionals Struggle with Excessive Weight? When compared to those who are normal weight, healthcare employees with higher than ...