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Obesity: a risk factor for Asthma
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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. |
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Top 10
to enhance your Fat-Loss process
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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. |
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Opting for Slimline Shopping
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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. |
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Chewing gum:
an easy tool for weight management
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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. |
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Low
pregnancy weight gain safe for obese women
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Obese women can gain little or no
weight during pregnancy and even lose a few pounds without harming
their babies, new research suggests. |
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Obesity and fertility
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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. |
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Maternal Obesity Vs. Birth defects
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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. |
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Food craving: understanding
body signals
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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. |
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Body Fat and Women
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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. |
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Calorie Density:
key to losing weight
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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. |
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High-Carb,
Vegan Diet Causes Major Weight Loss
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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. |
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Top 10 Healthiest Snacks
:
You
Can Just Keep on Eating
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Grazing can also keep your metabolism, or calorie-burning mechanism,
running high. Your body uses calories when you eat and digest food. Read on..... |
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Tips for
Preventing Holiday Weight Gain
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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. |
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Top 10 Triggers for Over-eating
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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..... |
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Foods for Managing
Obesity
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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
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Tummy Flatteners
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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. |
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Vertical
Gastrectomy most effective for morbid obesity
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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). |
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Very Low Calorie Diet for obesity
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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.
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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.
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Obesity Linked to Kidney Stones
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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....
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Visceral Fat:
A major health concern in Postmenopausal
Women
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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.
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Going Yoga way to fight Obesity
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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. |
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Top 10 Towards A Leaner
Tummy
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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..... |
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Top 10 Contributing Factors to Obesity
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Although you cannot change your genetic
makeup, you can change your eating habits and levels of activity.
Read on..... |
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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..... |
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Top 10 To THIGH TRIMMERS
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A fitness program composed of thigh trimmers can help you posses
elongated thigh. Read on..... |
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