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Is There Such a Thing as Healthy Obesity?
It seems that the belief that it’s possible to be ‘fit and fat’, or even ‘obese and healthy’, may be just wishful thinking as...
Is Obesity the Lesser of Two Evil Metabolic Problems?
For the past several years, much of America's health care research has been centered around our growing obesity epidemic. While this issue absolutely needs...
Yet Another Potential Side Effect of Obesity: Osteoporosis
If you thought obese individuals had enough to worry about, such as a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma, among...
Study: TV Junk Food Ads Linked to Obesity in Young People
A growing body of research associates junk food advertising to obesity, illuminating just how harmful frequent exposure to this type of media can be....
Obesity Leads to Longer Hospital Stays
It is a well-known fact that obesity is seriously hazardous to one's health. The increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke...
Preventing Weight Gain is the first Step to Combating the Obesity Epidemic
If you are one of the millions of Americans who has seen the scale slowly inch up with each passing year, listen up. Researchers...
Does Lack of Food Availability Promote Obesity?
Our surroundings play a big part in body weight and overall health. With the national obesity rate doubling over the past three decades, from...
Childhood Obesity Rates Skyrocket: Make Health a Family Affair
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity in the United States has doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in...
Obesity in Father Visits Next Generation
A recent study discovered that a father’s diet as well as body composition at the time of a child’s conception will likely negatively affect...
Obesity Still on the Rise in Adolescents, and is Linked to Hearing Loss
Recently, a study published in The Laryngoscope found that obese adolescents are two times as likely to have unilateral low-frequency hearing loss than non-obese...
