obesity

Bad Diets Causing Death; Fewer Overweight Trying to Exercise (Video)

Dietary Factors Associated with Substantial Proportion of Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes. Fewer Overweight Adults Report Trying to Lose Weight. Nearly half of all deaths due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in the U.S. in 2012 were associated with sub-optimal dietary habits and being overweight,...

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Bad Diets Causing Death; Fewer Overweight Trying to Exercise

Dietary Factors Associated with Substantial Proportion of Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes. Fewer Overweight Adults Report Trying to Lose Weight. Nearly half of all deaths due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in the U.S. in 2012 were associated with sub-optimal dietary habits, according to a...

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One Hour Physical Activity Offsets 8 Hours Sitting on Your “Bum”

One hour of brisk walking or cycling for pleasure may eliminate the harmful effect of sitting Physical inactivity costs the global economy over US$67.5 billion per year in health care costs and lost productivity A new study of over 1 million people finds that doing at least one hour of...

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Being Overweight May Increase Risk of Type of Brain Tumor

Being Overweight May Increase Risk of Type of Brain Tumor Being overweight or obese may be tied to an increased risk of a type of brain tumor called meningioma, according to a research in the online issue of Neurologyå¨, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. A meningioma...

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Two-thirds of Americans Overweight or Obese

Two-thirds of Americans Overweight or Obese New estimates suggest that more than two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine. Overweight and obesity are associated with a variety of chronic health conditions, which could potentially be avoided by preventing weight...

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Being Extremely Obese Can Cut Up to 14 Years of Your Life

Adults with extreme obesity have increased risks of dying at a young age from cancer and many other causes including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney and liver diseases, according to results of an analysis of data pooled from 20 large studies of people from three countries. The study, led...

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