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Slimmer not happy compared to Obese people

... mostly commit suicide and are unhappy compared to obese people. It is found that depression level decreased as Body Mass Index (BMI) increased. //It is generally thought that people who are overweighed felt very depressed but the research results found reverse of it. Professor David Gunnell and his team...

Plant Food Reduces BP Risk

...rds reducing the risk of BP. Another study with obese subjects with the required exercise and a high-fiber low fat diet contributed towards bringing down glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, and insulin levels, even though this does not affect the body weight. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertens...

Asthma And Obesity Are Genetically Linked

...Immunology. Previous studies have // revealed that obese people are prone to develop asthma. The new research reveals the common genetic factors that exist between the two conditions. The researchers led by Dr. Teal Hallstrand analyzed 1,001 identical and 383 fraternal same-sex twin pairs within the Uni...

Residential Locality, A New Determinant Factor For Weight Gain

...specifically women have an increased risk of being obese if they have a smaller income and a low level of education. The present study is the first ever conducted in Australia to explore the influence of locality on weight, irrespective of education or income. A part of the results of the ongoing study (...

Loose weight without that dreaded sweat

...is comes as a Christmas gift for a large number of obese people who wish to loose weight and stay healthy. ...requires less of the strenuous exercises that most obese subjects dread and run away from. According to him research proves that only certain types and amo...

Obesity And Overweight Linked To Definite Cancer Risk

...of metabolism and other body processes. However in obese individuals, excess amounts of these substances are secreted and can trigger the abnormal growth and differentiation of cells, leading to tumor. It is believed that frequent cell division and replication could increase cancer risk, as the probabili...

Pump up the Thiamine levels after gastric surgery

...ould be carefully considered in surgically treated obese patients." Therefore it is very important to take thiamine in order to effectively sail through the surgery....

Children’s obesity linked to video game

...dren’s will be hi-tech whiz kids but would be very obese and lazy as they are more attached to indoor games with no physical activity.// A survey conducted by North East Wales Institute of Higher Education found that there is an increase in obesity in children’s due to no physical activity and poor diet ri...

X-mas gifts - weight gain for children?

...rchers that the future generations are going to be obese with an increased number of heart and other health related problems....

Increased Risk Of Losing Sight In Obese People.

... People should be made aware of the risks of being obese and due to their unhealthy lifestyle, lead to comp...he progress of these ocular problems is quicker in obese people. The common mechanism or mode of action of all these diseases except Cataract is that the v...

Fat rich diet is real dangerous and predispose lifestyle diseases.

...ity of California. This can now better explain why obese people are diabetic. The biochemical mechanism i...erly and so the disease occurs. The link between obese individuals and type 2 diabetes is long known. In the United States, two out of three adults are o...

Obesity could lead to Alzheimer's

People who are overweight or obese have a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s, the...n University in Western Australia - say that being obese 'almost certainly' increases risk from Alzheimer's. They have found a link between body mass inde...

Increased Risk of Eye Disease in Obese

Researchers have found that obese people are in increased risk of developing eye pro...t risk of developing eye problems are increased in obese people. Earlier studies have proved the link between obesity and other chronic diseases and cancers....

Wisdom behind High Protein Diet Questioned

...arrived at these conclusions after testing out 100 obese women. They put half of them on a high-protein diet and the other half on a high-carbohydrate eating regime. Both diets had the same calories and women lost equal amounts of weight in each category. However, researchers pointed out that women who had...

Study links obesity to kidney failure

...tionship between obesity and kidney failure. The obese are nearly twice as likely as thinner folk to deve... kidney disease // and the risk for the morbidly obese is seven-fold higher, says a US study. The link could be because obesity is linked to hypertension...

Comfortably Obese And Reluctant To Get Fit

...sed his concern about the apparent indifference of obese people to weight related health issues. The need o...was recognized that almost 87% of the pollers were obese and 32% were overweight, yet were ignorant of their weight category. It is now known that obesity is...

Hh Signaling May Play Role In Fat Formation

... meant for the bone. The mice that are genetically obese have lower levels of the Hh pathway. The role of the Hh signaling varies from vertebrates and invertebrates. The Hh proteins’ activity can be modulated by small molecules, according to the study, which gives rise to the possibility that drugs aimed a...

Obesity Increases The Risk Of Cardiovascular Diseases

...mal weight (18.5-24.9), overweight (25.0-29.9), or obese (30 or greater). In the research they found that the risk of obese patients when compared to normal patients suffering from CHD was 43% more than that of low risk grou...

US Continues Its War On Diabetes

...lure, blindness, and amputations. As the number of obese people in the US increase, the incidence of Type 2 diabetes is also rising. Most people in the country don’t take the disease seriously enough and consider it a distant threat. The patients need to change their attitude to life and food to overcome t...

Diagnosing Prostate Cancer is Harder in Obese Individuals

...ve more difficulty in detecting prostate cancer in obese men. This leads to a delayed diagnosis and consequ...le, and in this case, we may be missing cancers in obese men," said lead investigator Dr. Stephen Freedland, an assistant professor in Duke's department of s...

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