There are no more excuses for being obese. That is the conclusion of a study done by Britain’s Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit. Many people claim that they are obese because of bad genes that keeps them fat. According to this recent study, just by exercising you can lower your risk of being obese by […]

Obesity is really widespread.~Joseph O. Kern II According to a recent report, in more than half of the United States the obesity rate is over 25%. This is an all time high and a bad indicator for what is about to come. If 10 years ago the highest obesity rate was under 20%, today it […]

Fat is not a moral problem. It’s an oral problem.~Jane Thomas Noland Many scientists are debating what causes obesity and its constant rise to world domination. I my opinion the answer is easy: lots and lots of unhealthy food is what causes obesity. We are swamped in a world of tasty junk food that doesn’t […]

Nationwide obesity rates are rising sky high. Even worldwide obesity rates are growing. News paper critics laughed at the notion of an obesity epidemic. I understand them, you can’t quite call it an epidemic because it’s not what it literally is. But it does manifest as an epidemic. Almost one in three Americans is obese […]

Obese teens that enter adult life while being overweight have double the risk of premature death. Researchers studies some 5000 military personnel age 20 to 80. They have found out that within all age groups, overweight and obese people had a greater risk of death. The frightening result discovered was that obesity in young adults […]

Post menopausal overweight women present a greater risk of memory loss and issues. Although the further you go in age the harder it seems to remember things, being obese only hurts your chances more. Recent studies showed a worrying link between obesity and bad memory. Over 8000 women with ages ranging in from 65 to […]

The commonest form of malnutrition in the western world is obesity.~Mervyn Deitel Obesity and malnutrition are linked. Malnutrition isn’t about only starving and a severe lack of food. That is just one form of malnutrition. The definition of malnutrition is as follows: Malnutrition is the insufficient, excessive or imbalanced consumption of nutrients. Form the above […]

Researchers in France found out that obesity is closely linked to reduced sexual activity and very poor sexual health. Sexual problems in males range from impotency, sterility and STD’s and in females from sexual inactivity to unplanned pregnancies. How we look and more importantly how we feel about ourselves plays a major role on our […]