If your BMI has crept up there, here’s yet another reason to take action.
Being obese increases your risk of developing a nasty form of kidney cancer according to a new study published in the January 2010 issue of the UK urology journal BJUI.
The researchers out of New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center examined 1,640 male [...]
Monday, February 15, 2010
You’ve read about all the health risks of obesity, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers and even early death.
But there are surprising risks to your health from those added pounds that are not nearly as well documented.
Some recent studies have found that overweight woman…
- Might have a harder time getting health insurance, or [...]
A unique study appearing in the January 8, 2010 issue of the journal Cell, may shed some light on the role of fats and cancer.
The work out of California based biomedical research organization The Scripps Research Institute finds that an enzyme that normally helps to break down stored fats becomes highly active in some cancer [...]
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
We know the numbers – more than 1/3 of U.S. adults are considered obese. And we know the risks, obesity puts us in greater danger of chronic problems like diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis and even some cancers.
And now it seems that more of us may be getting the message and trying [...]
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Amazingly both our small and large intestines are home for literally millions of microbes, bacteria and other fungi essential to digestion and keeping our bodies in good health.
Shifts in the microbial environment of the digestive tract, or bacteria in the gut, are worthy of more attention according to Washington University researchers, perhaps providing clues to [...]
Sunday, December 13, 2009
It might be hard to imagine, but a new study finds that some obese people don’t even realize they’re carrying too much weight. They don’t see their bodies accurately… nor the need for changes in diet or exercise.
Add this our general tendency not to be as physically active as we should be and it’s easy [...]
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Cancer is a devastating diagnosis, one that will become a fact of life for well over 100,000 people this year.
What puts this particular number at risk isn’t things like smoking or eating an unhealthy diet, it isn’t lack of exercise or bad genetics, it’s being obese.
This startling finding comes from data extrapolated from U.S. cancer [...]
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Carrying extra weight isn’t just bad for our bodies and self image, but those extra pounds (just a few or more) may well have an impact on how much brain tissue you have, and how old that tissue looks.
Results of brain scans show “severe” signs of brain damage or deteriation in otherwise [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
As any parent of a teen can tell you, friends are all-important to this age group – Bit did you know overweight friends could increase the chance of teenage obesity.
Now there’s increasing evidence that the company a teen keeps might affect more than just their taste in clothes and music. It may also impact their [...]
There are a small number of A (H1N1) swine flu cases in Michigan that have experts wondering why the effects of the flu are worse for people who are classed as obese.
If you’ve got a BMI over 30, you’re considered obese, and even though you aren’t sickly, you still may be at increased risk of [...]
