You are fat—either cut it or we will

The first thing that government can do (We the People willing) is to penalize food producers that put unhealthy products on the market. Most of my health issues were self-inflicted, caused by eating poorly and...

Overdosing on Carbs can be Deadly

If it’s man-made, don’t eat it.When I was raised in North Central Ohio, my Mother served organic food because most of it was organic. Along came the food processing industry – first packaged cereal...

MAGIC PILL TO KEEP YOU SLIM

MILLIONS of overweight Britons could benefit from a new wonder diet pill which switches off appetite without any side effects. Scientists are close to developing the drug which will help combat the growing obesity epidemic with some 15 million in the UK now falling into...

Pizza Is a Vegetable: US House of Reps

US House of Representatives Declares Pizza to Be a Vegetable Pizza is not a vegetable, unless you've been lobbied by the American Frozen Food Institute.  The AFFI isn't a research group, but a lobbying...

The West Side Y Hosts Fit for All 5K to Prevent Childhood Obesity

On Saturday, October 1, 2011, the sound of thousands of sneakers pounding the pavement will be heard along the Upper West Side as hundreds of runners gather together to take aim at the epidemic that threatens to shorten the lifespan of today’s kids – childhood obesity....

The Paradox Of Global Famine And Global Obesity

At no other time in history has the world experienced so much discrepancy between the enormous amount of people who are either obese or face acute starvation. In June of 2008 the United Nations reported that more than one billion people face acute food shortages. Most of...

Fast Food: A Love Story

London has a love-hate relationship with fast food. Public health campaigns and celebrity chefs vilify it and warn it could kill us; yet, as this film shows, we’ve never had it so good. This programme provides...

Liver care tips for a healthy Liver

Obesity now seems to be the main trigger factor for liver diseases, as doctors in the city say that with a sedentary lifestyle obesity is on the rise and that is the main cause of liver disease.With liver transplants bringing in a bill of between Rs. 12 to Rs. 30 lakh, on...

70% of lower extremity amputations happen to people with diabetes

Amrita Diabetic Foot Conference (ADFC 2011) will open soon next month in Kochi, India. "Over one million lower extremity amputations are performed each year, 70% of which happen to people with diabetes. In India, almost 40,000 legs are amputated every year as a consequence of...

Thin Is Not Healthy And Neither Is Fat

Close on the heels of International Women's Day 2011, comes the news of a path breaking research which puts the onus of a healthy generation on women. The research, by scientists from the University of Cambridge, provides important insight into why children born to mothers...

Better awareness & treatment compliance in Thai diabetes control

Diabetes control in Thailand is improving, but better awareness and patients’ treatment compliance is needed to fully tackle the health issues. So says Professor Wannee Nitiyanant, vice president of the Diabetes Association of Thailand under the Patronage of Her Royal...

'DiSHAA - The Right Direction' to address diabetes and obesity

We all are aware that Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence is rapidly increasing in India. Urban Asian Indian children are also increasingly afflicted with the problem of obesity, majorly due to nutritional westernization and sedentary lifestyle. Research studies show...

Act Now To Turn The Tide Of Diabetes

A new study by the  Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington shows that millions of people worldwide may be at risk of early death from diabetes and related cardiovascular illnesses because of poor diagnosis and ineffective...

Ronald McMurderer: Hamburgers kill so stop eating them or else!

Ronald McDonald is a cold blooded murderer. There, I said it - though I seriously doubt it’s something you haven’t heard before.  The litany of folks crawling up on soapboxes to castigate the restaurant...

South Indian heroine Namita likes to be plump

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