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Fast food is not the main reason for the spread of child obesity . This was stated by U.S. researchers. They believe that children addicted to such food - a side effect of bad eating habits. The experiment was conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina at one of the schools in the U.S.. He showed that many children from an early age parents or caregivers instill the wrong template power which is based on processed foods and sweetened beverages. That is why such children are more likely to be overweight and eating a fast food meal. Thus, fast food structure is part of their diet. Not the products themselves, and bad habits are to blame for the occurrence of child obesity. This is a much more serious problem, say the authors of the study.

Physical fitness can't be achieved if your abdominal muscles are not in good shape. Fat is deposited around the areas of belly button and one desire to have a washboard stomach. This is a technical term used for weight reduction and fitness on the internet widely. People want to get rid of their chubby abs and tone it down properly. For this, you have to clear your belly fat first and then develop its muscles. It helps abs to give a firm look like in 6-pack in men. Moreover in sports, all athletes have to work on their abs fitness way to their back to strengthen their muscles to perform well in sports like in running sports. There are numerous workouts that develop and fortify abs muscles but firstly you have to reduce overall body mass instead of targeting abs only. This will reduce the extra fat on abs for you to start with. Secondly you have to opt for workouts that target abs muscles. Effective workouts are available to tone done your muscles like compound workouts; inclu...

There is absolutely no doubt in the fact that the greatest health concern of the people today is weight gain. People are becoming obese and are gaining weight at an alarming pace. This increase in the number of people becoming fat and obese was expected for some time because of the heightened use of high calorie junk food by the people. The ignorance of the people towards their eating habits has resulted in them becoming fat and obese. The people having weight gain issues look for solutions to their problem and there are many of them. Water is one of the most essential needs of a human body without which a person cannot survive. Since the body keeps losing water in the processes of respiration, excretion and perspiration, it requires to be refilled or the person will start feeling dehydrated. When a person becomes dehydrated, his body begins to retain water, this results in increasing his body weight. However if a person keeps drinking water regularly and keeps himself hydrated, th...

Sarah Fudin currently works in community relations for the George Washington University's online MPH degree , which provides prospective students the ability to earn an online Masters degree in Public Health . Outside of work Sarah enjoys running, reading and all things education. Americans have been increasingly concerned about weight gain in recent years, and with good reason. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three Americans is obese, making it common to speak of obesity as an epidemic a widespread problem that affects the society as a whole rather than an affliction of individuals who make poor eating decisions. Who is Obese? The obesity rate has fallen slightly in recent years and appears to have stabilized among children, but obesity does not affect all portions of the population equally. Obesity disproportionately affects those who with less money and education, as well as women. And obesity affects earning power and other forms of op...

Arthritis is a group of diseases that are the enemy of joints in the body. Various endangering diseases do not allow a man to live a healthy life in the long run. One or the other diseases are assured to attack human body wherein some can be silent or asymptomatic and other might show symptoms. Arthritis is not a single disease, but encompasses of over 100 different forms. The joint structure is changed with the harmful affect bringing about pain and swelling. Most commonly seen is osteoarthritis, following with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and others. Osteoarthritis is a kind of degenerative joint disorder that causes degradation of joints, gradual loss of cartilage, bringing about bony spurs and cysts, and affects sub-chondral bone. Rheumatoid is a different disorder that starts to occur anywhere between ages 25 and 55. Rheumatoid arthritis takes a chronic form and it is known to make the person crippled while causing damage, injury, loss of motion to the joi...

Obesity in America has skyrocketed. According to the American Heart Association, 149.3 million Americans over the age of 20 are overweight or obese. Despite this overwhelming number, losing weight is not nearly as hard as many people think. Losing weight is as easy as 1, 2, 3: 1. Exercise more 2. Eat less 3. Sleep Although those three steps might seem like a drastic change to your lifestyle, they're really not. When many people think of losing weight, they often think of words such as: "hunger", "deprivation", "agony", and the worst of all, " DIETING ". Despite what many people believe about losing weight, each of the above three lifestyle changes can be implemented into your daily life for success without you even noticing! What do I mean by this? Well, the changes that need to be made to your daily lifestyle in order to lose weight are very miniscule, and for most everyone after about 30 days each of these things becomes a habit...

For people who are genetically predisposed to obesity, drinking a lot of sugary beverages could make their weight problem worse by heightening the effects of their obesity genes, a new study suggests. "Almost everyone carries some genetic risk of obesity," says Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health and an author on the study. "People who carry a lot of obesity genes have a higher risk. People who drink a lot of soda also have a higher risk of obesity. For people who have both, their risk of obesity is much greater than either factor alone," he says. To come to these conclusions, researchers examined data on 6,934 women from the Nurses' Health Study; 4,423 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study; and 21,740 women from the Women's Genome Health Study. Participants in all three studies were of European ancestry; genetic profiles were available on all of them, which allowed scientists to lo...

The New York City board of health has approved Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial plan to limit the amount of sugary soda drinks that can be purchased at food outlets to 16 ounces (473ml). When Bloomberg first announced his plan over three months ago, he sparked a nationwide debate about the extent of government control over an individual's healthcare choices. In June, we asked you to share your thoughts with us about the idea - is the plan a plausible solution to the obesity epidemic in the US? Or is the legislation just another example of Bloomberg's 'Nanny-stateism'? Since then, the mayor has imposed age restrictions on tanning beds and introduced "Latch On NYC", an initiative to teach new mothers the "breast is best" principle. But while Bloomberg continues to be accused of overextending his authority, obesity rates in the US continue to rise and other cities, like London, are looking to NYC's health policies as future model...

You can't turn on the television, open a web browser, or read the newspaper without an advertisement or study telling you a new way to be healthy. One study says chocolate will help you lose weight , another says it's all genetic anyway - how do you ever know what to believe? One way to think about it is to think about a time not too long ago before fad dieting and obesity were daily topics of conversation. How did your grandmother eat? How did her mother feed her? Many believe our ancestors were much healthier than we are today, and one way to boost our own health may be to mimic those diets. One thing they certainly didn't consume back then: dietary supplements and vitamins . It may seem like popping a calcium pill is a great, easy way to get your nutrients. Maybe it even sounds more appetizing than having some yogurt. But did you know that a study by the British Medical Journal found a connection between taking calcium supplements and thirty percent rise in the risk...

Those who are obese, and have other health problems such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, lose their memory and thinking skills almost a quarter faster, found researchers at University College London. Their study was based on almost 6,500 Whitehall civil servants, whose health was monitored between the ages of 50 and 60. They were weighed and measured, their blood pressure and cholesterol levels were taken, and they were also asked what medication they were taking. In addition, they were asked to perform mental tests three times during the decade, which were used to assess memory and other cognitive skills. Of the 6,401 civil servants in the study, nine per cent (582) were obese. Of those, 350 were also classed as "metabolically abnormal" - meaning they had two additional risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, were taking medication for either condition, or were diabetic. The researchers found the obese tended to lose their mental po...

Overweight women face a multitude of hardships - such as discrimination in the workplace - that arise from the stigma surrounding obesity. While weight loss may seem like the solution for women hoping to escape anti-fat prejudice, it may not be that simple after all. New research out of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, The University of Manchester and Monash University, has revealed that anti-fat prejudice still persisted against former obese women, even after they had lost a significant amount of weight. Previous research has shown that the harmful nature of obesity stigma crossed many domains, Dr. Janet Latner, the study's lead author at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, told FoxNews.com. So we designed an experiment to look at whether obesity sting persisted once the weight had been dropped. Published in the journal Obesity, the study asked young men and women participants to read various stories about a woman who had lost about 70 pounds, or a woman who was currently...

YES: In fact, it's a worthy goal. Steven Blair, PED, professor of exercise science, epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of South Carolina It's better than being thin and unfit. Overweight people who exercise just 150 minutes a week have half the risk of mortality of normal-weight people who don't exercise at all, according to research I conducted. That's not true once you move from overweight (meaning a body mass index, or BMI, of 25 to 29.9) to obese (a BMI of 30 or more). But being fit and a little fat seems to be fine. Weight alone doesn't raise disease risk-lack of fitness does. In one study, half of overweight adults and one-third of obese people who were active had normal blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood sugar, putting them at normal risk for heart disease and diabetes, which are both supposedly caused by weight. Getting fit is more realistic than getting slim. For most people, diets don't work in the long term. W...