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Vegetarian women likely to weigh less than meat eaters

...e overweight or obese Vegans also had the low body mass index (BMI) in comparison to meat eaters....

Women may not seek help for pelvic floor disorders

... pelvic floor dysfunction are older age, high body mass index, number of vaginal deliveries, and if forceps were used to assist delivery or not. The symptoms of the disease may begin after the first time a woman gives birth and with age the condition may worsen, depending on the presence of other factors ...

Maintaining Weight Loss with Drugs

...ng the placebo gained nearly seven pounds and body mass index (BMI) decreased by .55 on orlistat and increased by .31 with placebo. In conclusion researchers say that orlistat can indeed help teens maintain weight loss without any major adverse medical problems....

Gastric bypass surgery reduces risk of heart disease

... A person is considered obese when he’s got a body mass index of 30 and above, while he’s called morbidly obese with a BMI of 40 and above. Obesity is not only a socially tainted physical feature, recent research also links it with a variety of physical risks like that of cardiovascular disease, diabetes,...

Smoking Increases The Risk Of Developing Tuberculosis Infection

...t. Factors such as age, sex, education level, body mass index, and income were taken into account. Of 1,309 current smokers or ex-smokers, 1,070 (82%) had a positive skin tuberculin test. This was significantly higher than for those who had never smoked. It was also noted that those smoking more than 15...

Obesity may cause frailties in elderly women

...omen who are above 60 years of age and have a body mass index of above 30 will be// known as obese and this may add to their woes more, apart from other health problems, as researchers have been able to relate obesity in elderly women to heightened risk of falling and hurting themselves, and other physiol...

Diet to lose weight, and gain prosperity too?

...0 and found out that one unit increase in the body mass index of a person may lead to 8% reduction in wealth. However, the research also showed that the results varied greatly according to the ethnic origin and gender as well. Reference: Economics and Human Biology, online edition, July 2005...

Overactive brain regions can lead to anorexia nervosa

... and this was true irrespective of their age, body mass index, and other health indices Reference: Biological Psychiatry, July 2005...

Sitting in office for long hours can cause overweight and obesity

...ed the role of occupational workplace and the body mass index. In the present day, lack of physical activity and irregular food intake are some of the established problems of certain occupation. As a result we are seeing a rise in the occurrence of some of the diseases such as diabetes, CHD etc. The pre...

Increased physical activity to stop obesity in teen girls

...in their weights as measured with the help of body mass index and measurements of increased fatness. The research shows that at the age of 9 to 10 years, the weight difference between the physically active and inactive girls are hardly a kilo or two. However, in the next nine years following that age, t...

Eating disorder occurs due to increased weight consciousness

...ing to lose weight. An anorexia patient has a body mass index of less than 17.5. There are many ways to reduce fat and to avoid anorexia, do proper exercise, avoid fatty diet, and eat fat-free diets. Though anorexia occurs due to ‘loss of appetite, most of the sufferers are mostly hungry and they are ma...

Obesity Can Increase The Chances Of Injuries

... be injured than the people who have a normal body mass index.// A new study on the subject says about on...y to obese people of the general population. Body mass index (BMI) ranging from 18.5 to 24.9 is considered to be normal. People are considered overweight i...

Calcium-Vitamin D Combo For Reduced Fracture Risk

...ean a "porous condition". In osteoporosis the bone mass in the body becomes reduced or porous like and the skeletal system of your body is deeply affected and brings about a lot of changes to your system. Risk factors for developing osteoporosis: Women, of Asian race having thin and small body frame...

Weighty problem: Protein is the solution?

...weight decreased by between 4.4 and 5.4 kg and fat mass decreased by 3.3 to 4.1 kg. Leptin levels 'significantly decreased' during this phase and ghrelin increased. 3. As carbohydrate remained at 50 percent during all three phases, the effects of the ad libitum diet would appear to be due to the high pr...

Teenagers Using Hormones And Dietary Supplements To Good Physique

...A, and other products purported to increase muscle mass and tone has been questioned and isn’t well known. The survey, of adolescents aged 12 to 18, was done in 1999 as part of the Growing Up Today Study (GUTS), which involves children of nurses enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study based at Brigham and ...

Dairy Products Reduce Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Men

... adjusting for other possible factors such as body mass index, physical activity, and other dietary factors, those in the top quintile, who consumed the highest amount of dairy products, were 23 percent less likely to have type 2 diabetes compared with those in the lowest quintile of diary intake. Each s...

Size Of The Waist In Children Linked To Diabetes

... fat, is a better indication of CVD risk than body mass index (BMI), a measure of overall obesity. Waist circumference is one component of the metabolic syndrome, a combination of health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high levels of lipids (fat) in the blood, that place a p...

Scientists Identify Cancer Pathway

...er, cells divide for no apparent reason and form a mass of extra tissue becoming big enough to be noticed as a growth or tumor. For more information ead: http://www.medindia.com/patients /patientinfo/breastcancer_about.htm...

Obesity More Likely to Cause Disability than Death in Elderly

...nation “obesity” was based on calculations of body mass index, which is calculated from self-reports of height and weight. Analyzing the effect of obesity on the elderly and defining “active life” as having no difficulty in performing any functions necessary for day-to-day life, researchers drew several c...

Learning Just How Different We Are

...ribute some of the changes to age, gender and body mass index. However researchers say they found considerable variation in the expression of genes covering a wide range of biological functions, such as those regulating antibody production. While the main findings are important for determining how indivi...

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