Fatty Fast Foods
This shows just how much thesetypes of fast food add to our intake of calories and fat when we eat at these places regularly. If Americans would reduce the number of times they eat junk food then one of the major...
Permanent diet may equal longer life
"With a reduced-calorie diet, monkeys were less likely to die of an age-related disease -- cancer, heart disease or diabetes, reports a study in the journal Science. ... Supermodel Kathy Ireland’s Weight Battle - Hot to Fat to HOTTER
Kathy Ireland credits her weight loss to three one-hour workouts a week (mix of cardio and weights), not eating ice cream or cookies for breakfast (like she used to) and giving up a sandwich with fries for grilled...
created by TheCameraObscura | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
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Commentary - Children's obesity: we're all responsible
"American children are getting fat - and no one wants to accept the blame. National Nutrition Month is a good time to do a little self examination. Maybe it's our parenting that is at fault. I was digging through a box of old mementoes a few weeks ago and came upon a stack...
Cooking at Home Can Make You Fat
A new study reveals that fast food chains may not be all to blame for the growing middles of Americans. Cooking at home may be the culprit, according to research that compared classic recipes from cookbooks over the...
Air India sacks 10 ‘overweight’ air hostesses
Obesity is certainly a deterrent in some profession where fitness is an extremely important criteria. Airlines expect their flight attendants to be slim and fit. India's state run airlines Air India had grounded...
created by Sanjay Jha | 49 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
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Study: Obesity Virus Spreads Like the Common Cold
A new study out today suggests that an obesity virus, not unlike that of the common cold, could be to blame for the growing epidemic of overweight people in Western nations. The virus, known as AD-36, is... Fat boy executed
Good riddens"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An Ohio death row inmate was executed Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too overweight to be put to death. ...
Online gamers are fitter than the average American
When we speak of online gamers, the image of a fat male slugging away on a seat in a dark damp basement comes to mind. This stereotype needs to be reworked as a test conducted shows that adult gamers are slimmer...
"Let's Go For a Million Kilos" Mexico's National Campaign to Lose Weight. A S...
First stage of this campaign has been a success! I joined it, enjoyed it and have a couple of pounds off. The goal has been reached and surpassed. I'm part of these good statistics. Baja... Over 20 percent of American adults are obese
Adult obesity has been rising at increasing rates over the past 30 years and Mississippi turns out to be the heaviest state, leading the country with a 31.7 percent obesity rate. That's a stark contrast to the...
created by Jason Sanders | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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