The most obese countries in the world
It's painfully true by this point that we have a global obesity problem. Over the past 20 years, obesity rates ...
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In the fight against obesity, pizza is a prime enemy
Nutritionists have identified pizza as a major contributor to obesity among young children and adolescents, and caution parents to be ...
Conditioned reflex to food might cause people to overeat, NOT hunger
Obesity is a huge problem in the developed world, with some places worse off than others (i.e. the US). There ...
Dr. Oz Admits ‘Miracle’ Diet Products He Advocates Are Pseudoscience
A senate panel interviewed Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday regarding his claims of various ‘miracle’ weight loss cures; as a ...
Thinking ‘obesity is a disease’ makes you more likely to eat high-calorie foods
A study has concluded that if obesity is thought of as a disease instead as a problem related to diet/lack ...
Is Obesity a “Disease”? “No,” Says Editor-in-Chief of Childhood Obesity Journal
There's been a lot of talk about obesity and what it really is, especially after the American Medical Association recently ...
‘Eating for two’ attitude affects weight gain during pregnancy
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine studied the eating habits of overweight women during pregnancy, and found that those ...
Obesity in the developing world quadruples since 1980
Photo: west-info.eu The world is changing awfully fast, and with change expect many paradigms to shift ...
Stressed parents more likely to foster obese children
Study suggests that children in homes with stressed parents are more likely to gain weight. Photo ...
Being healthy and obese is impossible – the two are mutually exclusive, researchers say
It's surprising to me that this has to be said, but ... oh well. If you are obese, you're unhealthy. ...
Obese people have poorer sense of taste, study shows
Previously, it's been shown that obesity can cause changes in the brain, leading some people to over eat food high ...
Bra Sensors Could Monitor Overeating
Despite all the related problems which contribute to obesity such as stress , the main cause is... eating too much. ...
Scientists discover on/off switch for eating
(c) oxbridgebiotech.com After they identified precise groups of cells in mice brain that induce eating and ...
Overweight kids overcome junk food addiction by staring at it
Counter the popular dictum "out of sight, out of mind", Kerri Boutelle, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at University of California, ...
Leading a Healthy Lifestyle: 8 Gadgets That Can Help
In our increasingly health-conscious world, the marketplace has been flooded by gadgets that insist they'll help us achieve our fitness ...
Study measures how many calories you burn when you’re lazy
Western society is becoming ever sedentary, as more and more jobs have transitioned to the office and technology offers people ...
Sugar, not fat the main culprit behind the obesity epidemic
I always find it funny when something says "zero fat", but has tons of sugar in it. Sugar is addictive, ...
Introducing labels that translate calories into walking distance could make people eat less
I really liked New York's mayor Bloomberg campaign of limiting sugary drink consumption, but that didn't really work out as ...
Obese people more likely to die in car crashes than those of normal weight
Researchers looked at data that described people involved in car accidents and, after balancing factors like airbag and seat belt, ...
Gene mutation leads to insatiable eating disorder causing obesity
There are a number of factors that lead to obesity, the most obvious of which is of course eating too ...