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 […]

Is soft drink consumption what causes obesity? That was the question posed by the American Beverage Association. Members of the association include Coca-cola, Pepsico Inc and Dr. Pepper. The question was posed after demands were made to increase taxes on soft drinks as an effort to stop the obesity epidemic Soft drink consumption is responsible […]

Have you ever wondered how the French manage to stay slim healthy and fit? French cuisine is very high on fats and yet French people that enjoy it aren’t obese. One possible reason is the life extending resveratrol which is naturally found in red wine. Given how the French love their red wine as much […]

Recent studies show that the growing rate in childhood obesity and therefore future adult obesity and several other heal problems is caused by ignorant parents. 71% of all the parents participating in the study misdiagnosed childhood obesity as being normal or even underweight. And people wonder why children are fat and getting even fatter. It’s […]

Studies show that by measuring neck circumference doctors can better determine if a child is obese or overweight. The new method gained the attention of researchers when confronted by the problematic results used in spotting childhood obesity by calculating the kid’s BMI ( Body mass index). The problems arise because children are still growing and […]

Over the past year obesity rates in 28 US states have increased proving that Americans are still getting fatter and fatter. Executive director for the Trust for America’s Health, Jeff Lewis confirmed that "More than two-thirds of states now have adult obesity rates above 25 percent," Proving that the obesity epidemic is on the rise […]

A study performed on 401,215 subjects from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand, Thailand, Australia and South Korea showed that obesity health risks are cancer causes. For some time now obesity has been regarded as a health risk and in the west it has been viewed as a cancer cause, but there haven’t […]

”More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”~John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society Unfortunately more people die in the United Stated because of overeating that of hunger. Being overweight brings all kind of health risks and health problems that the scientists barely begin to understand. That is why if […]

In a new study done b the Dutch it has been proven that not all obese people develop cardiovascular disease. Some of them are lucky because they have a good functioning body which keep in check all its functions. But who exactly are those lucky overweight people? To be able to take out of your […]