Tuesday, September 29, 2009
If you’re wondering how to cure asthma, and your carrying extra fat around your waist, a new study appearing as an online report in the journal Thorax finds that both of the conditions may be linked.
Obesity is a known risk factor for asthma, especially in women, but to this point no one had looked at [...]
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 [...]
Friday, September 4, 2009
While added sugar isn’t the only thing to blame for our ballooning waistlines and less healthy status, a recent estimate has Americans taking in a whopping 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, most of this from regular soda and sweets. So, how much sugar per day is recommended?
Imagine eating an extra full size candy bar [...]
We all know that stress is bad for us, and now new research finds that when you add chronic stress to the lives of female monkeys who eat the typical American diet they put on weight in a most dangerous place – Stress raises fat around the middle of the body, affectionately known as belly fat.
Fat in this [...]
We all love “girls nights”, an evening out without the guys (or the kids) can be such fun, a welcome break from routine for many of us. But a recent looking at women and diet has made some interesting findings.
Beyond the laughs and silliness, you may also be prone to eating more than you planned [...]
In today’s economy lots of us are dealing with mounting debts and shrinking incomes. But beyond the stress to your bank account, it has been found that if you are carrying too much debt, your health and particularly your weight may be impacted.
This according to the findings of a new cross sectional study out of [...]
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 [...]
You may have already heard that not eating breakfast, often called the most important meal of the day, isn’t a good idea if you’re trying to lose weight.
But in the rush to get out the door in the morning, many of us just don’t have the time, even though studies have shown those who eat [...]
A new study presented at ECO 2009 pinpoints the reason behind America’s rising obesity rates, and surprisingly it isn’t lack of exercise, rather the from the effects of overeating.
The research used a novel approach to come to the conclusion that overeating is more to blame than inactivity for all those extra pounds. And with estimates [...]
Americans get a third of their daily calories, and spend half of their food dollars on eating out, which can be a problem when you consider that calories in restaurant food are often higher than expected.
To try and tempt customers into continuing this behavior in the face of a struggling economy, restaurants appear to be [...]
