Intestinal Bacteria Blamed for Rotund Figures

The journal ,Nature reported a very interesting finding made by a group of researchers from Washington University. //The researchers found that obese people seem to have loads of a special kind of bacteria in their gut that helps to digest food well .Slim folks seem to have lesser amounts of the ...

Help is Hard to Find for Child Sex Abuse Victims in India

...er overeating was one way she had channelled the abuse. "It was an eight-year-old's way of dealing with stress," she said ruefully, though the rotund girl she describes is now difficult to spot in her slim form. "There are people I know who are doing things that are not good for them" becaus...

Rotund in Biological News

Scientists discover 'giant fossil frog from hell'

... is one of the largest frogs on record and was perhaps the largest frog ever to exist. The size and robustness of its bones and its relatedness to the rotund South American forms indicates it was also probably the heaviest frog to exist. The size, girth, appearance, and predatory nature of the frog prom...

Condition of bluefin tuna in gulf of maine is declining

... because thats what makes the meat taste good, he says, noting that fish with well-marbled tail meat, fat in their mid-section muscle and belly, and a rotund shape can command upwards of $50 per pound on the sushi market. Beyond the tekkamaki, however, fat content is a valuable indicator of the overa...