Causes Of Obesity

Fighting causes of obesity with weight loss

Factors Which Cause Obesity

By Greg Garner There is a great difference between being overweight and being obese. Everyone, male or female, would love to have a perfect figure, but one’s body shape depends on so many things. Chief among the reasons for one not having a perfect figure is genetics, which means that we inherit certain physical features from both of our paternal and maternal parents and their families – which is precisely why every human being is an individual – but it also means that we cannot choose to be tall and slender if genetically we come from families of shorties who tend to be a little rotund! In the United States of the 21st century, obesity is described as being a raging epidemic. Statistics show that 17% of children in America between the ages of six and nineteen are either overweight or obese Continue reading

Pet Obesity: Are You Contributing To Your Pet

By S. Michael Windsor There is an obesity problem that exists today not only in many of our children, as well as many adults, but also in our pets. As many families see their pet as a member of the family and ‘spoil’ them accordingly, research shows that this is actually hurting them in many cases. Pet obesity, just like obesity in humans causes higher risk of diseases as well as shortened lives. Continue reading

What Does Obesity And Working From Home Have In Common?

By Yoshi Kundagawa Working from home is an absolutely wonderful and convenient experience and I’d recommend it to anyone any day. I have been working from home for a number of years and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Continue reading

Life Lost To Obesity: Not Just Quality

By Caroline Cederquist, M.D. With two out of three Americans overweight today, we’re learning more and more about the numerous ways that carrying excess weight can really affect our health and diminish our quality of life. But you may not have heard the hard facts about how overweight and obesity can diminish your quantity of life. Simply put, overweight people die younger Continue reading

Obesity Is An Increasing Health Risk

By Clarence Carter High blood pressure, joint pains, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, heart ailments, palsy, liver ailments, menstrual abnormalities, breast cancer, female infertility, decline in libido, endometrial cancer, mental stress, blood circulation diseases like arteriosclerosis, cholelithiasis etc. These are some of the diseases which might come up with obesity. Continue reading

Obesity And Weight Control Getting Out Of Hand…

By Angela Sorros Obesity and weight control go hand in hand. The most likely reason you are obese is because you did not control your weight and did very little to no exercise, and the only way to get rid of obesity is to control your weight! It is a cycle carried out successfully by many obese people who are now enjoying their lives with a health average weight which they are happy with and can enjoy things in life! Weight loss comes in many forms, quick fix fad diets, surgery, sensible eating and exercise are some of the ways that you can loose weight, and the two most sensible options are sensible eating which consists of eating a balanced diet high in fruit and vegetables and low in fat and sugar, and exercise which could be anything from taking two flights of stairs to a two hour session in the gym. Continue reading
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