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- The Obesity-Hypertension Connection: Is Your Weight Putting You At Risk? By: Frank Mangano
Blood pressure expert Frank Mangano discusses the obesity-hypertension link and how reducing weight will help lower blood pressure.
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- Lose Up To Seventy Five To Eighty Percent Of Their Body Weight With Obesity Surgery By: Suzanna Pepper
As a result of Gastric Bypass Surgery the average patient can expect to lose up to seventy five to eighty percent of their body weight. This weight loss is very rapid in the first year which usually results in the seventy five percent weight loss initally. If a patient experiences no health complications and continues with the plan prescribed by their doctor they should have continued weight loss up to ninety percent at the five year mark depending on their presurgery weight ...
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- Disturbing New Study About Obesity And Weight Loss By: Wayne McDonald
Study Shows Some Americans Would Choose Divorce, Depression and Alcoholism Over Obesity
May 23, 2006 -- What would you be willing to sacrifice if it ensured you would never be fat?
Would you give up a year of your life? Or 10 years?
Would you rather be divorced, unable to have children, depressed, alcoholic?
A disturbing new study out of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity found that nearly half -- 46 percent -- of 4,283 participants would ra...
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- Obesity and Heart Disease By: Mary Desaulniers
We have a population in North America that is more than 55% overweight. More than 20% of those overweight are considered obese, a situation which proves to be an economic burden on our Health Care system because of the coronary risk factors associated with obesity. In 2004, total national health expenditure in the USA was $1.9 Trillion or $6,280 per person. Why is obesity a risk factor for heart disease?
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- Be Obese No More! By: Rene Graeber
Obesity affects almost 60 million of the population of the United States. The incidence is greater in women than in men. Because of the increasing number of pre-packaged food and people engaging in less activities, there have been an increasing number of obese people in America.
Dealing with obesity is not as easy as counting one to three. A lot of factors such as ethnicity, genetics, lifestyle, and personal habits should be considered in the management of obesity. Obesity...
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- Obesity And A Poor Diet Can Be Harmful In More Ways Than One By: David Maillie
Obesity causes many physical and emotional ailments that range from cardiovascular to skeletal and even psychological in nature. It is said that an obese persons body becomes a prison. Obesity for the most part can be treated and here's how.
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- Appetite, Weight Loss: How Spices Can Help Obesity By: Dr Keith Scott
This article describes the physiological mechanisms underlying weight control, how spices modify them and help to fight obesity.
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- Childhood Obesity: Physical Effects By: Gurion Blattman
Obesity can be a problem as early as kindergarten for some children. Children who suffer from obesity will most likely endure a lifelong struggle with physical and emotional consequences.
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- Childhood Obesity: Emotional Effects and Sedentary Lifestyles By: Gurion Blattman
The social and psychological issues of childhood obesity are perhaps even more intrusive on the child’s life than the physical. Childhood is a critical time for the development of self-esteem, thus the psychological issues faced by an overweight child places even more urgency on the prevention of the problem.
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- The Roots and Causes of Childhood Obesity By: Cliff Baker
The roots and causes of childhood obesity can be loosely grouped into both controllable and non-controllable factors. The controllable factors include those that when changes are applied, they may result in children losing weight or simply remaining physically fit. The options with the non-controllable factors are very limiting.
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- Obesity in Oregon By: Sara Mendez
Over 176,500 young adults under 20 years old have one form of diabetes. One in every 400 to 600 children has type one diabetes, according to the National Diabetes Statistics Web site. Diabetes is just one of obesity related health problems among children and adults. Obesity also causes other health problems such as hypertension, heart attacks and high cholesterol. In 2004 obesity related deaths ranked number two, smoking came in first. By 2005 obesity related deaths was expected to pass smoking as the number one cause of death, according to Medscape.com.
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- Obesity Solutions By: Bradley
These days obesity is becoming more and more common of an occurrence, and it looks to be a rising trend. The main thing that needs to be understood is that obese people suffer from a problem, and need help to be able overcome these problems. Obesity solutions do exist but unfortunately most people are unable to make proper use of these to help themselves.
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- Obesity Chart By: Bradley
Obese, is a word that some people like to throw around, even when it is not warranted. Unlike being merely fat however, being obese means that you are considered by the medical community of having serious health trouble. To help you understand if you are at this point you can look at an obesity chart.
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- Definition Of Obesity By: Bradley
Obesity is a problem that we all know of. There are times when it seems impossible to see what the difference is between being fat and obese. To help clarify this matter you should see if you can find the definition of obesity. Understanding what is meant by being obese will help you to control the direction of your body weight.
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- Obesity is a Global Epidemic, Weight Loss is the Answer By: Albert Phatman
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity is not just an American epidemic but also a global one.
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