Home
All|
Business |
Technology |
Environment |
Health & Fitness |
Lifestyle |
Entertainment |
Travel |
Politics & Society |
Sports |
RSS
According to Canadian researchers people who had surgery for getting rid of morbid obesity had a much lower risk of cancer then the obese ones who did not go through such a surgery. The difference was significant in colon and breast cancers, both of...
Related Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
5
Stars 
(3)
We all like chubby kids and go gaga over the baby weight as soon as they are born. She was 4.8 Lbs! Well we do take pride in this and for many more years to come,...
made popular Aug 14 2008
AP, Buenos Aires
Argentine senators have approved a bill declaring obesity and other eating disorders diseases covered by the nation’s public and private health care programs.
made popular Aug 14 2008
AP, Chicago
You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy.
made popular Aug 11 2008
In a discovery that could help obese people and those afflicted with diabetes, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies has devised a new tablet that could help people...
made popular Aug 1 2008
Children carrying the first gene that has been clearly linked to obesity find it harder than others to tell when they are full, London-based researchers say.
made popular Jul 28 2008
Matthew noted earlier the connections between a high meat, high processed food-based diet and climate change; It has also been noted that obesity is an environmental...
made popular Jul 25 2008
Research shows that fruit juices, regarded by many as a healthy way to start the day, raise the odds of a form of diabetes linked to poor diet and obesity by up to a...
made popular Jul 24 2008
AP, Atlanta
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reports.More than 30 percent of adults in each of those states...
made popular Jul 17 2008
Obese means having much of body fat that the health is at risk. Too much body fat can lead to heart diesease, diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure and arthistis.
made popular Jul 14 2008
In a study, researchers found that obese patients who had stents placed in diseased arteries had a lower incidence of adverse cardiac events than their normal-weight...
made popular Jul 3 2008
New studies are showing how important lifestyle choices are for preventing Alzheimer’s. As demonstrated by several studies, people who were severely overweight,...
made popular Jun 29 2008
Earlier this week the big news in Australia was how the country is now the World’s Fattest Nation:
Australia has become the fattest nation in the world, with...
made popular Jun 25 2008
Japan wants to cut the flab. The country is taking extreme measures to restrict the waistlines to 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women. The government has...
made popular Jun 13 2008
Picture this: Its vacation time, the gullis and the building compounds look like a cricket or a soccer ground. The kids are engrossed in their games, aping their...
made popular May 19 2008
I’ve heard it all now! This morning I had just woken up and was listening to the BBC news on the radio when I heard a news piece saying that some ridiculous...
made popular May 17 2008
AP, Atlanta
People who sleep fewer than six hours a night _ or more than nine _ are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show...
made popular May 7 2008
A recent study published in the journal Obesity adds new findings to our knowledge about alcohol, insulin resistance and abdominal obesity. Analysis of the results as...
made popular May 3 2008
It can be a bit alarming for the normal Canadian to know that it has been established by research that obesity and inactivity stand almost on the same scale between...
made popular Apr 22 2008
To be an owner of an attractive figure not only adds confidence in one’s personality but also gives him every reason to cheer in life. There are many ways of...
made popular Apr 17 2008
All Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
A study has given new hope for obese kids taking to surgery. Researchers have found that adolescents are less likely to suffer complications from obesity surgery than...
made popular Jun 17 2007
On health front, it seems that toughest challenge for Europe would be the rising tide of obesity, especially among the kids, as more and more European kids are putting...
made popular Apr 23 2007
Report stating that the number of U.S. children having obesity surgery has tripled in the recent years brings out a mixed response. On reading this report, three...
made popular Mar 6 2007
As per recent reports, the number of people going for some kind of surgery meant to get rid of the extra flab has risen. I think this exudes both positive as well as...
made popular Jan 11 2007
Are you planning to undergo stomach surgery to get rid of the extra flab? Then before going to do so, you must be aware of the fact that scientists have thrown up in...
made popular Oct 5 2006
There are two groups of obese people. Eighty pounds overweight for women and hundred pounds for a man may be termed as severe obesity. This is the first kind of...
made popular Jul 3 2006
If anyone is having bariatric surgery, it may reduce your risk for heart disease! That’s the finding by researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn,...
made popular Mar 17 2006
Related Tags
American College of Cardiology American Society for Bariatric Surgery body mass index Canada cancer drugs Fat problem Fat surgery Gastric Bypass Surgery Health & Fitness heart-disease Mayo Clinic medications Minn obesity Obesity problem Obesity Surgery Rochester Stomach surgery surgery 