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Obese Children and Sleep Disordered Breathing
By Florence Cardinal , Health ExpertChildhood obesity is on the rise, and along with the obesity comes other problems --- heart... Read more »
Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Diabetes and the worsening of Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert... States is becoming unhealthier: The rates of obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome are on... Read more »
Straight from the Womb: Are we dooming our children?
By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert...risks of maternal glycemia related to the risk of obesity in childhood was just published in... Read more »
Obesity and Asthma Are Not a Great Mix
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...(including me) on the negative link between asthma and obesity. It's not a pleasant topic of... Read more »
Live from the GI Conference: Obese or Average?
By Jan Gambino , Health Expert...my attention since there is a relationship between obesity and the severity of Gastroesophageal... Read more »
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The Link Between Anxiety and Obesity
...font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} A number of different studies have shown a link between anxiety and obesity, however, it is not known whether the obesity can contribute to feelings of... Read more »Obesity Risks & Risk Factors
Where you live plays a role in your risk for obesity. Simply living in the United States makes a person more susceptible to obesity. The prevalence of obesity in America has risen... Read more »Heart Disease Introduction
...that the extra fat is stored in the lipocytes and the person begins to accumulate fat.Measurement of ObesityObesity is determined by measuring body fat, not just body weight. People might be over... Read more »Causes of Obesity: Biological and Medical Causes
Biologic and Medical CausesObesity results when a person consumes more calories than energy. Several different factors may influence weight gain.About 90% of people who lose weight through dieting... Read more »Obesity Related Complications
General Adverse Effects of Obesity. Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or over, accounts for nearly 300,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. It is associated with more... Read more »Images
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Heavier Through the Generations
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Can Women be fat and fit?
May 13, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Being overweight or obese puts people at higher risk for heart disease. So does lack of physical activity. But getting more... Read summary »
Aggressive Breast Cancer: Watch Your BMI
April 04, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A woman's height to weight ratio -- commonly known as her BMI (body mass index) -- could reflect more than her physical... Read summary »
Obesity Is Not Always the Enemy
August 21, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Many believe obesity, diabetes and heart disease are close relatives. However, two new studies indicate weight alone does not... Read summary »
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