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Yo-yo Dieting Increases Kidney Cancer Risk in Women

...ed by Spice Girl Geri Halliwell along with a large waistline pose high risk in the development of the kidney cancer in older women than just obesity. Scientists found that women with larger waist to hip ratios were at 80 per cent increased risk of developing a type of kidney cancer known as renal cell carci...

Men Under Knife to Reduce Bulging Waistline in Britian

...en who are going under the knife to reduce bulging waistline in Britian . The number of men undergoing nip and tuck surgery has rocketed by 140 per cent in five years with liposuction being the most common. The phenomenon has been dubbed the 'menopaunch' as men fork out thousands of pounds on their bodies. T...

New Guidelines to Address Growing Obesity Epidemic

... it is just as important for them to measure their waistline to determine if they are at risk for diabetes and heart disease," says Dr. Lau. "Health care practitioners need to take the lead and measure their patients' waist circumference, as this is a 'new vital sign' that's just as important as taking blood p...

Chinese-food Lovers, Beware

...that while Chinese restaurant food is bad for your waistline and blood pressure - sodium contributes to hypertension – its vegetable-rich dishes and the kind of fat used, are quite all right if taken in moderation. Says Liebmann: “Across the board, American restaurants need to cut back on calories and salt...

Shedding Pounds from Diet or Exercise—Take Your Pic

...ple shaped” bodies, or more fat distributed at the waistline may have a higher risk of heart disease than people with “pear shaped” bodies, or more fat at the thigh or hips. “Researchers are working to understand how abdominal fat and subcutaneous fat, which is fat located closer to the surface just beneath...

Abdominal Fat Linked To High Blood Pressure

...ven in otherwise healthy individuals, an expanding waistline meant high blood pressure. The findings of the study are published in the American Journal of Hypertension. Dr. Chen Huan Chen, lead author of the study told Reuters that regardless of the current status on blood pressure, abdominal fat always inc...

Waistline can be a good predictor of diabetes

...wedish research team had found out that increasing waistline might give the early signals for diabetes or cardiac diseases.// People having a waistline of 39 inches or more may already be on their way to insulin resistance or other related diseases. Th...

Problems Of a Growing Company

A growing waistline is bad for your health, but now a new study says a growing business could also be bad for your health.// When a company downsizes, it often has a negative health impact on workers. Clearly, the workers are concerned about their job and their future...

Overweight can affect sex life

...e high blood pressure and weigh more. Men with a waistline measuring 40 inches were nearly twice as likely to...r age, smoking and hypertension, men with a larger waistline were more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction, the study said. The data also showed that men ...

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