Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
It is common knowledge that obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. Drugs used to treat the condition are in severely short supply, however. The Food and Drug Administration just approved a new anti-obesity drug. This is the first weight loss drug to be approved in 13 years. Getting a prescription for this drug will not be easy, though, as there are strict criteria set.
MONDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released new guidelines Monday recommending that doctors screen all of their patients for obesity and when appropriate, refer them to a comprehensive lifestyle-management program to help them lose weight.
If all you have is eating, you will be overly dependent on food, like an addict, and your chances of having healthy eating control and losing weight will be just …
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MONDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) — Some people’s genetic makeup puts them at a higher risk for obesity, a new study says.
Second, while it is possible to lose weight through changes in diet and exercise, research shows that most people are only able to lose 5 to 10 percent of their weight by these means. This amount of weight loss provides health benefits but is usually …
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Moreover, new research has identified hormonal changes triggered by weight loss even when people remain heavy: after a diet, anti-starvation mechanisms kick in. One study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a year after a 30 pound weight …
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That means that a man gets to eat 2700 calories of food per day without gaining weight, while a woman gets only 1800. If you eat more than your metabolic rate, you gain weight. These facts are not up for debate. The numbers are approximates, …
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Get to a healthy weight for increased fertility chances. Author Kyra Sim, of the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders at the University of Sydney in Australia, and two colleagues recruited 49 women who were getting …
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A lack of sleep could make you fat, scientists said on Thursday. Not getting enough shut-eye may inhibit a hormone which controls hunger satisfaction and boost an appetite-stimulating hormone, said a paper presented to the European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France.
| By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – A new forecast on America's obesity crisis has health experts fearing a dramatic jump in health care costs if nothing is done to bring the epidemic under control. "The obesity problem is likely to get much … See all stories on this topic » |
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SUNDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) — Kids who recognize fast-food advertisements on TV are more likely to be overweight, and those familiar with TV ads for alcoholic beverages are more likely to drink, according to two new studies from Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Further, increased focus on enhanced and healthy quality of life, slew of new products introductions and growing prevalence of obesity among children is boosting the demand for weight control and weight loss products. San Jose, California (PRWEB) April …
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