Obesity: a risk factor for Asthma

  » Obesity has been rapidly increasing in prevalence over the past two decades—in children as well as in adults. Although obesity is a recognized risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and some forms of cancer, evidence suggests that obesity may also contribute to or even cause asthma.

Top 10 to enhance your Fat-Loss process

  » The best posture resembles a marionette with a string attached to the top of the head. Imagine being tugged gently upward by the string. In other words, try to keep the top of your head on the ceiling. Automatically this straightens out the spine and tightens the abdominal muscles. Practice sitting tall, standing tall, and walking tall.

Opting for Slimline Shopping

  » Bad planning can be the downfall of many diets, so make sure your fridge and store cupboards are stocked with a variety of healthy ingredients so that you’ll always have the makings of a good nutritious meal or snack. Foods can be divided into five main groups – you need to eat some food from each of the groups each day – but the key to a healthy diet is getting the balance right.

Chewing gum: an easy tool for weight management

  » Chewing on a piece of sugarless gum can help cleanse the mouth of bacteria, satisfy a sweet tooth, and reduce the urge to eat. Keep a pack of sugarless gum handy. It may help reduce cravings and control appetite.

Low pregnancy weight gain safe for obese women

  » Obese women can gain little or no weight during pregnancy and even lose a few pounds without harming their babies, new research suggests.

Obesity and fertility

  » Obese women are known to have more difficulty becoming pregnant and also are more likely to miscarry. Excess weight could exert its effects either by acting on the ovaries, which produce eggs, or on the endometrium, where the fertilized egg implants.

Maternal Obesity Vs. Birth defects

  » Women who are obese when they conceive are more likely to have babies with birth defects than are mothers of normal weight, a US study suggests. For many types of birth defects, including spina bifida, heart, limb and genital defects, mothers were between 1.3 and 2.1-fold more likely to have been obese.

Food craving: understanding body signals

  » Food cravings mean that the body has its signals mixed up. When we are exhausted or blue, we have low blood sugar and/or low serotonin, and the body signals the brain that it needs a pick-me-up. This signal causes a sugar craving or carbohydrate craving.

Body Fat and Women

  » Women tend to have more body fat than men—about five percent more. By nature, a woman's body is developed to protect her and a potential fetus. As a result, women have more enzymes for storing fat and fewer enzymes for burning fat. Additionally, the estrogen women have activates fat storing enzymes and causes them to multiply.

Calorie Density: key to losing weight

  » A year-long clinical trial by Penn State researchers shows that diets focusing on foods that are low in calorie density can promote healthy weight loss while helping people to control hunger.

High-Carb, Vegan Diet Causes Major Weight Loss

  » A low-fat, plant-based diet is more effective at helping women lose weight and improving insulin sensitivity than an omnivorous diet, shows a new study appearing in the September issue of The American Journal of Medicine.

Top 10 Healthiest Snacks : You Can Just Keep on Eating
  » Grazing can also keep your metabolism, or calorie-burning mechanism, running high.  Your body uses calories when you eat and digest food.  Read on.....

Tips for Preventing Holiday Weight Gain

  » Holidays provide a good excuse for overindulgence for more than a 60 day period of time to many women. A new study conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that extra weight gained during the holidays accumulates through the years and may be a major contributor to obesity in later life.

Top 10 Triggers for Over-eating
  » Most of us are overeating for a hundred different reasons. We are eating due to stress, irritation and frustration. It may be worry or overwork. Read on.....

Foods for Managing Obesity

  » Foods that are low in fat and release energy into the bloodstream slowly and steadily are the most useful for obese people trying to lose weight. Read on....

Tummy Flatteners

  » The hundreds of exercises and complicated pieces of equipment that claim to ‘iron out’ your stomach can get confusing-as can doing millions of exercises and not seeing any results. Read on to find out the tummy-flatteners that really work.

Vertical Gastrectomy most effective for morbid obesity

  » According to a year long study, while all types of obesity-related surgery are  risky and a last option for most obese people, particularly older patients, vertical gastrectomy is preferred over three other methods (especially for those over 50).

Very Low Calorie Diet for obesity
  » A liquid based diet that is severely restrictive in energy with an intake of about 800 calories or less per day is considered a very low calorie diet. These diets are an alternative method that moderately to severely obese people may consider for significant, short-term weight loss. Such a diet are recommended  for a relatively short term (3-6 months) and are to be followed only under medical supervision.

Very Low Calorie Diet for obesity
  » A liquid based diet that is severely restrictive in energy with an intake of about 800 calories or less per day is considered a very low calorie diet. These diets are an alternative method that moderately to severely obese people may consider for significant, short-term weight loss. Such a diet are recommended  for a relatively short term (3-6 months) and are to be followed only under medical supervision. Read on...

Obesity Linked to Kidney Stones

  » Obesity and weight gain may increase the risk of kidney stone formation, according to a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. These findings suggest that developing ways to avoid holiday weight gain may be extremely important for preventing obesity and the diseases associated with it. Read on....

Visceral Fat: A major health concern in Postmenopausal Women    

  » Body fat comes in two varieties. There’s subcutaneous fat, a noticeable layer of fat that lies just below the skin, and then there’s visceral fat, which is buried beneath the muscles. Visceral fat is the more worrisome variety because it surrounds vital organs and is metabolized by the liver, which turns it into blood cholesterol. Read on....

Going Yoga way to fight Obesity 

  » The best asanas for obesity are the Pawanamuktasana series for the digestive system which help to remove extra fat from the abdomen, hips and thighs, and activate the energy in the lower pranic centers. Read on....

Too Fat? Pop a Pill.
  »  Can a pill really make you lose your appetite and turn your body into a calorie-burning machine? Read on....

First Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelines Released
  » The guidelines are based on the most extensive review of the scientific evidence on overweight and obesity conducted to date.

Top 10  Towards A Leaner Tummy

  » Far too many women spend hours trying to tighten that tummy, only to see the same old pudgy pooch day after day. A few of us have been blessed with great tummies! For most of us, however, it takes a lot of hard work to obtain and maintain a tummy worthy of being shown off in a swimsuit. Read on.....

Top 10 Contributing Factors to Obesity
  » Although you cannot change your genetic makeup, you can change your eating habits and levels of activity.  Read on.....

Top 10 Obesity Related Health Hazards  
  » It's much easier to lose 20 pounds than 50 and it's easier to keep the weight off over the long term if the weight loss is reasonable. Read on.....

Top 10 To THIGH TRIMMERS
  » A fitness program composed of thigh trimmers can help you posses elongated thigh. Read on.....